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Small Talk - Language In Social Life
Justine Coupland
This study presents a new perspective on small talk and its crucial role in everyday communication. The new approach presented here is supported by analyses of interactional data in specific settings - private and public, face-to-face and telephone talk. They vary from gossip at the family dinner table and intimate 'keeping in touch' phone conversations, to interpersonally-focused talk in institutional settings, such as the government office and the university research seminar. Drawing on a range of methodological approaches, including Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics, Interpersonal Communication and Conversation Analysis, the author elevates small talk to a new status, as functionally multifaceted, but central to social interaction as a whole.
336 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 18, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138152472 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Coupland, Justine (Cardiff University, Wales, UK) |
