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Article
Verbal Response Modes in Action:Microrelationships as the Building Blocks of Relationship Role Dimensions
Linguistics and Literature Studies
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Publisher
Horizon Research Publishing
Disciplines
Abstract
Dimensions of interpersonal relationships, such as attentiveness, directiveness, and presumptuousness, have typically been assessed through impressionistic ratings or by aggregate scores derived from coding of specific (e.g., verbal) behaviors. However, the meanings of these dimensions rest on the interpersonal microrelationships that are actually observed by the raters or coders. In this qualitative study, the way these global relationship qualities were built from microrelationships at the utterance level was examined in passages from one medical interaction. Applications of microrelationships to future communications research are suggested.
Citation Information
Ayesha Shaikh, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders and William B. Stiles. "Verbal Response Modes in Action:Microrelationships as the Building Blocks of Relationship Role Dimensions" Linguistics and Literature Studies (2013) ISSN: 2331-642X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lynne-knobloch-fedders/23/
Published version. Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2013): 66 - 78. Permalink. © 2013 Horizon Research Publishing. Used with permission.
Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders was affiliated with Northwestern University at the time of publication.