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Chargement... How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversationpar N. J. Enfield
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A good discussion on the actual structure of how we talk. While technical, still a very good read especially if one is interested in the actual how of talking. ( ) This is a quick and interesting read about how conversation works: how humans use precision timing, an understanding of context, and corrective techniques (such as the universal word "huh") to communicate. In the process, Enfield also makes some bigger points about linguistics and how some features of language are universal and must be innate, and how we need to study conversation to truly understand language. I made it over halfway through this non-fiction tome and then gave up because I just wasn't finding it an enjoyable reading experience. Despite being marketed as a general non-fiction book, this one definitely isn't written for the layperson. Enfield's prose is dense, academic, and likely best suited to individuals with a background in linguistics. While I was comprehending what was going on in the book, the writing wasn't interesting enough to make me feel willing to continue on. Interested in what Enfield has to say? Read the bullet points on the first page and a bit and you'll get the highlights of what he expounds on over 200 pages. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"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"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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