The nature and functions of conflict, its role with regard to fundamental individual and social life processes, and its theoretical relationship to communication are explored from a system‐theoretic perspective. Based upon this framework, a distinction between conflict and para‐conflict is indicated, and it is suggested that the latter is characteristically the object of study in speech and communication.
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Volume 64, 1978 - Issue 2
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