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Publication details [#6991]

Myers, Terry. 1979. Verbal and non-verbal interactivity. In Myers, Terry, ed. The development of conversation and discourse. Edinburgh UP. pp. 1–43.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

metacommunication | non-verbal behavior | speech act theory

Annotation

M. explores the relationship between non-verbal and verbal components of communication in the framework of speech act theory. Non-verbal interactivity is classified into three subtypes: iso-verbal, indexical and metacommunicative.