Let's Talk
How English Conversation Works
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Let's Talk “
1 Greetings!; 2 In the beginning...; 3 A thousand years of conversation; 4 Exchanges; 5 Taking turns - or not; 6 Interrupting; 7 What we talk about; 8 How we talk about it; 9 Taking it easy; 10 Story-telling; 11 Stylistic options; 12 The vocal and the visual; 13 Conversation as theatre; 14 Online 'conversations'; 15 Cultural conversations; 16 Breaking the rules; 17 Does conversation change?; 18 #Almost done; Epilogue; References; Index
Autoren-Porträt von David Crystal
Crystal, David
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Crystal
- 2020, 224 Seiten, Maße: 14,5 x 22,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198850697
- ISBN-13: 9780198850694
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A useful addition to an English teacher's armoury and certain to pique students' interest in the language that happens all around them, all the time... Let's Talk is a powerful statement about our species and the centrality to it of conversation in all its collaborative glory. Nikolai Luck, Teaching English
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