ABSTRACT
During the course of social interaction, persons may attach significance to their own or others' talk (and bodily expression) on bases other than and beyond what the talk or bodily expression means (e.g., denotes or enacts) because of the other person's speaking style or dialect, ways of gesturing, social status, gender, and so on. The impressions persons form of each other, and the attributions they make about each other's perceptions, intentions and motives, have consequences not only for the content, but also for the emotional valence and social trajectory, of the rest of the present interaction (e.g., toward or away from liking, cooperation, affiliation, etc.), and potentially their future interactions.
