{"product_id":"talk-elizabeth-stokoe-9781472140838","title":"Talk: The Science of Conversation","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe spend much of our days talking. Yet we know little about the conversational engine that drives our everyday lives. We are pushed and pulled around by language far more than we realize, yet are seduced by stereotypes and myths about communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book will change the way you think about talk. It will explain the big pay-offs to understanding conversation scientifically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Stokoe, a social psychologist, has spent over twenty years collecting and analysing real conversations across settings as varied as first dates, crisis negotiation, sales encounters and medical communication. This book describes some of the findings of her own research, and that of other conversation analysts around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough numerous examples from real interactions between friends, partners, colleagues, police officers, mediators, doctors and many others, you will learn that some of what you think you know about talk is wrong. But you will also uncover fresh insights about how to have better conversations - using the evidence from fifty years of research about the science of talk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Stokoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472140834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472140838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robinson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Elizabeth Stokoe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994575831295,"sku":"9781472140838","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a7ceea1-c13d-4145-8186-798c07ee9f59.jpg?v=1683330970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talk-elizabeth-stokoe-9781472140838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}