TY - JOUR
T1 - How to analyze a correspondence
T2 - The example of Byron and Murray
AU - Elfenbein, Andrew
PY - 2011/6/1
Y1 - 2011/6/1
N2 - The psycholinguistic study of conversation and perspective-taking offers a critical vantage-point on traditional analysis of personal letters. The correspondence of John Murray and Lord Byron provides a case study in good enough communication that allows business transactions to continue despite significant gaps in common ground and core values. I pay particular attention to strategies of co-reference and to routinized non-response, the tendency of Byron and Murray not to acknowledge significant parts of each other's letters. Good enough communication is an alternative to the transparency and clarity traditionally privileged in studies of the history of business communication.
AB - The psycholinguistic study of conversation and perspective-taking offers a critical vantage-point on traditional analysis of personal letters. The correspondence of John Murray and Lord Byron provides a case study in good enough communication that allows business transactions to continue despite significant gaps in common ground and core values. I pay particular attention to strategies of co-reference and to routinized non-response, the tendency of Byron and Murray not to acknowledge significant parts of each other's letters. Good enough communication is an alternative to the transparency and clarity traditionally privileged in studies of the history of business communication.
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U2 - 10.1080/10509585.2011.564459
DO - 10.1080/10509585.2011.564459
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959601098
SN - 1050-9585
VL - 22
SP - 347
EP - 355
JO - European Romantic Review
JF - European Romantic Review
IS - 3
ER -