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LINGUISTIC PEACE WORK
Author(s) -
Agar Michael
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0130.1996.tb00281.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , leverage (statistics) , conflict resolution , sociology , field (mathematics) , linguistics , work (physics) , epistemology , computer science , social science , engineering , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , pure mathematics
Recent studies in conflict resolution and peace negotiation have moved from macroperspectives and generalized attribute models of culture closer to the actual processes of verbal interaction that constitute the historical moment. An overview of this literature, however, shows that the field lacks concepts and methods to carry this trend into the details of talk. The article demonstrates how work from different fields concerned with language, culture, and their interrelationship provides the leverage to handle case materials in a more sophisticated and useful way.