Small Talk
- ISBN-10
- 1317876520
- ISBN-13
- 9781317876526
- Series
- Small Talk
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-11
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Justine Coupland
Description
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.
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