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Accommodating a legend: Howard Giles and the social psychology of language and communication

This chapter provides a brief historical account of the career of Howard Giles. It outlines his contributions to work on communication accommodation, intergenerational relations, and the study of language in intergroup contexts. In doing so, it briefly addresses issues relating to ethnolinguistic identity and vitality, among other theoretical concepts. It closes by presenting a new schematic model outlining the ways in which Giles’ work incorporates more micro to macro levels of analysis, and more molecular and molar levels of detail. The model also incorporates Giles’ emphasis on considering life-span developmental processes in all aspects of his work. The chapter briefly introduces the rest of the book

Communication Barriers to Family Farm Succession Planning

Many farm families fail to take succession planning actions even when information is available on the tax, business organization, and investment aspects of this process. In semi-structured interviews conducted with multi-generational members of nine small farm families in Pennsylvania, most respondents attributed a high level of importance to succession planning, but conceded that they had not done enough planning. Passive communication styles, unresolved issues, and uncertainty in their lives were inhibiting factors. Rather than rely on a wait and see approach, it helps to be inclusive of younger generations in key discussions and decisions about the future of the farm

Advancing theory in language, communication, and intergroup relations

The chapter presents a new perspective on language and intergroup communication, focused on a set of principles derived from the literatures in social categorization and identity. These principles broadly address the dynamic nature of identity, the fact that it is negotiated in interaction, and that identities gain their meaning from the social context (i.e., that dyads and larger groups may feature people who share or do not share identities). These insights are integrated into the novel perspective, which discusses various dynamic ways in which dyads can shift from being “intragroup” (matched) to “intergroup” (mismatched) over time, and the implications of such shifts for the nature of communication in those dyads. The chapter closes by reflecting on Howard Giles’ approach to research in the context of the theoretical observations presented

Differential Accounts of Closeness in Older Adult Sibling Relationships

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