Let's talk : how english conversation works
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
302.346/CRYSTAL,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780198850694, 0198850697 :, 0198850697, 9780198850694
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation. David Crystal explores the factors that motivate so many different kinds of talk and reveals the rules we use unconsciously, even in the most routine exchanges of everyday conversation. 0We tend to think of conversation as something spontaneous, instinctive, habitual. It has been described as an art, as a game, sometimes even as a battle. Whichever metaphor we use, most people are unaware of what the rules are, how they work, and how we can bend and break them when circumstances warrant it