How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation by Enfield, N. J.

How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780465059942)

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Format: Hardcover
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How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation by Enfield, N. J.

How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation

$36.00
How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation by Enfield, N. J.

How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation

$36.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: N. J. Enfield
ISBN-10: 0465059945
ISBN-13: 9780465059942
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2017
Choice 05/01/2018
By N. J. Enfield
By N. J. Enfield
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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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