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Publication details [#52065]

Kramer, Michael W., Debbie S. Dougherty, Stephanie R. Klatzke and Teddy K. K. Rogers. 2009. Language Convergence and Meaning Divergence: A Meaning Centered Communication Theory. Communication Monographs 76 (1) : 20–46.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | language | meaning | shared beliefs | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study applies a communication-centered theory, focusing on both language and meaning, to the study of social-sexual worplace behavior, identifying processes of language convergence and meaning divergence and the illusion of shared meanings.