Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 334 g
How English Conversation Works
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 334 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-885069-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
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.
We 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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- 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
