Talk as 'Problem' and Communication as 'Miscommunication' - Nikolas Coupland, John M Wiemann and Howard Giles An Integrative Analysis Gender, Power, and Miscommunication - Nancy M Henley and Cheris Kramarae Misunderstanding Children - Elinor Ochs Uncovering the Human Spirit - Lerita M Coleman and Bella M DePaulo Moving Beyond Disability and 'Missed' Communication Reproduction of Aging and Agism in Intergenerational Talk - Justine Coupland, Jon F Nussbaum and Nikolas Coupland Intercultural Encounters and Miscommunication - Stephen P Banks, Gao Ge and Joyce Baker Miscommunication in Nonnative Speaker Discourse - Susan M Gass and Evangeline M Varonis Openness, Uncertainty, and Intimacy - Julie R Brown and L Edna Rogers An Epistemological Reformulation Miscommunication in Medicine - Candace West and Richard M Frankel Miscommunication in Clinical Contexts - Michael F McTear and Florence King The Speech Therapy Interview Social Interaction and the Recycling of Legal Evidence - Karin Aronsson Miscommunication in Organizations - Eric M Eisenberg and Steven R Phillips Hot Air - Allan Bell Media, Miscommunication, and the Climate Change Issue Miscommunication at the Person-Machine Interface - Ronan G Reilly Misunderstanding and Its Remedies - Kent Drummond and Robert Hopper Telephone Miscommunication.