Small Talk

Small Talk

Language In Social Life

Small Talk presents a new perspective on small talk which is supported by analyses of interactional data in specific settings.

The book is divided into 4 parts with these headings; Locating small talk theoretically, Procedural aspects: participants’ orientations to and organisation of small talk, Small talk, sociability and social cohesion and Professional and commercial applications.

Examples of the 11 chapters are Doing collegiality and keeping control at work: small talk in government departments, Social rituals, formulaic speech and small talk at the supermarket checkout, Small talk and subversion: female speakers backstage and Small talk in service dialogues: the conversational aspects of transactional telephone talk.

Language: GB

Level: Native Speaker / Teacher

CFB | 302.346

Justine Coupland – Taylor & Francis