Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works by Crystal, David

Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198850694)

Vendor: David Crystal
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Format: Hardcover
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Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works by Crystal, David

Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works

$26.99
Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works by Crystal, David

Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works

$26.99
Format: Hardcover
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Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation. David Crystal explores the factors that motivate so many different kinds of talk and reveals the rules we use unconsciously, even in the most routine exchanges of everyday conversation. We tend to think of conversation as something spontaneous, instinctive, habitual. It has been described as an art, as a game, sometimes even as a battle. Whichever metaphor we use, most people are unaware of what the rules are, how they work, and how we can bend and break them when circumstances warrant it.

Author: David Crystal
ISBN-10: 0198850697
ISBN-13: 9780198850694
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2020
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d

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Shelf Awareness 08/11/2020
By David Crystal
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David Crystal is known throughout the world as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. He has published extensively on the history and development of English, including Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (2010), The Story of English in 100 Words (2011), Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling (2012), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016), and The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language (2017).

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