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How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation

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Availability:In StockContributor:N. J. EnfieldPublish date:2017-11-14Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465059942ISBN-10:465059945UPC:9780465059942Book Category:Science, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, LinguisticsBook Topic:Evolution, PragmaticsSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCBQ4Z7T6Z
An expert guide to how conversation works, from how we know when to speak to why huh is a universal word

We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to language.Whether we are speaking with the clerk at the store, our boss, or our spouse, language is dependent on things as commonplace as a rising tone of voice, an apparently meaningless word, or a glance -- signals so small that we hardly pay them any conscious attention. Nevertheless, they are the essence of how we speak. From the traffic signals of speech to the importance of um, How We Talk revolutionizes our understanding of conversation. In the process, Enfield reveals what makes language universally -- and uniquely -- human.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465059942ISBN-10:465059945UPC:9780465059942Book Category:Science, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, LinguisticsBook Topic:Evolution, PragmaticsSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCBQ4Z7T6Z
N. J. Enfield is a professor and the chair of linguistics at the University of Sydney, and a research associate in the Language and Cognition Group at the Max Planck Institute. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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