Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Frontiers of research on social communication: introduction and overview / K. Fiedler -- Grounding: sharing information in social interaction / Y. Kashima, O. Klein & A. Clark -- Language, stereotypes, and intergroup relations / D. Wigboldus & K. Douglas -- How communication shapes culture / L. Conway & M. Schaller -- Accommodating a new frontier: the context of law enforcement / H. Giles ... [et al.] -- Representation of the sexes in language / D. Stahlberg ... [et al.] -- Social influence and persuasion: recent theoretical developments and integrative attempts / H.P. Erb & G Bohner -- What Is said and what is meant: conversational implicatures in natural conversations, research settings, media, and advertising / M. Waenke -- Motives and goals in context: a strategic analysis of information sharing in groups / A. Hollingshead, G.C. Jacobsohn, & S.J. Beck -- Conversational hand gestures and facial displays in face-to-face dialogue / J. Bavelas & J. Gerwing -- Deception: a social lubricant and a selfish act / A. Vrij -- The psychological functions of function words / C.K. Chung & J.W. Pennebaker -- Interpersonal processes in context: understanding the influence of settings and situations on social interaction / M. Snyder & A.A.Jr. Stukas -- Linguistic markers of social distance and proximity / G.R. Semin -- The evolution of language / M.C. Corballis -- Epilogue: Language at the heart of social psychology / M.F. Schober.