Small Talk (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Longman
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Language In Social Life
Release date:	June 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Justine Coupland
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-582-41426-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
LSN:	0-582-41426-1
Barcode:	9780582414266

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