Small Talk (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780582414266)

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.

Author: Justine Coupland
ISBN-10: 0582414261
ISBN-13: 9780582414266
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2001
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.70w x 1.00d