The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction is an invaluable reference work featuring contributions from leading global scholars, available both online and as a three-volume print set. It successfully brings into a single source explication of all relevant work that is developing internationally. * The definitive international reference work on a topic of major and increasing importance, in a new series of sub-disciplinary international encyclopedias * Provides state-of-the-art research for scholars in a highly interactive and accessible format, available both online and in print * Covers key research topics in the field with contributions from a team of experienced, global editors * Explores the thriving multi-disciplinary subject of language and social interaction (LSI) - one which links communication studies, linguistics and discourse studies, psychology, sociology, and business scholars * Successfully brings into a single source, explication of all of the fascinating and ground-breaking LSI work that is developing globally and across subjects * Published online with regular updates to ensure readers are kept abreast of the latest developments in research * Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association

Karen Tracy is Professor and Chair of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Professor Tracy is a Fellow of the International Communication Association and a Distinguished Scholar at the National Communication Association. She is a past editor of the journal Research on Language and Social Interaction; her most recent books includie Challenges of Ordinary Democracy (2010) and Everyday Talk (with J.S. Robles, 2013).