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Let's Talk

How English Conversation Works

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Let's Talk

By: David Crystal
Narrated by: Paul Woodson
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About this listen

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 David Crystal (P)2021 Tantor Communication & Social Skills Linguistics Personal Development Social Sciences

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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!).

Well written and narrated (but not for the author)

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