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Brenders, David A. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1987
Analyzes W. Barnett Pearce's "Coordinated Management of Meaning" theory--finding philosophical flaws and equivocations inherent in the model proposed within the theory. Argues that by making all the terms of their hierarchy conform to the notion of "episodic" communication, Pearce reintroduces basic errors about the nature of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Interpersonal Communication, Language Attitudes, Linguistics