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  • Let's Talk

  • How English Conversation Works
  • By: David Crystal
  • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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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.

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©2020 David Crystal (P)2021 Tantor
Communication & Social Skills Linguistics
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Well written and narrated (but not for the author)

The book is quite good. Interesting stuff on conversation. At times too much citation (get to the point, man!). The narrator has a nice voice and good pronunciation but a mono-tone (of course: he is not the author!). The accompaning pdf is a joke: 5 pages! The pompously called by the editor "bonus material", are the same 5 pages! (let´s be serious!).

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