Speech Codes Theory (The Ethnography of Communication)

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"If you look at most introductory books on interpersonal communication you very likely will find a part that deals with self-disclosure--how to reveal the self . . .  If a traditional Sioux were to write a book on interpersonal communication it would be very different. There would be a whole chapter on pledges, promises and vows."