Abstract
This paper uses four focal points to review interpersonal communication research conducted by speech communication scholars. These four foci include the dialogic approach which stresses authentic communication; the cohesion approach which explores how communication is related to interpersonal outcomes; the message process approach which stresses verbal and nonverbal exchange patterns in dyads; and the rhetorical approach which stresses the strategic nature of communication behavior in dyads. Research in each of these areas is reviewed and selected observations about the nature of that research are offered. The paper concludes with a prognosis for future developments in interpersonal communication.
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