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The Modern Scholar

That's Not What I Meant: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation

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 This series of lectures draws on linguistics, or the scientific study of language, to show the many ways in which language has a profound effect upon human relationships. These lectures address the various aspects and implications of what Professor Tannen calls "conversational style". It also looks at the dynamics of specific situations, such as the workplace and classroom, where the role of conversational style is of particular importance.

A person's conversational style includes far more than the words that he or she speaks. Each conversation is composed of contextual cues, unspoken messages, body language, and the rhythms of speech. For the most part, people communicate without a conscious focus on the subtleties of language. Through this course, the complexities of language, and all that language entails, will become more apparent.

©2004 Deborah Tannen (P)2004 Recorded Books Social Sciences
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Knowing nothing about sociolinguistics, I found this production interesting and informative. It is a bit of whistle-stop tour of conversational analysis, but it gives you enough of an overview for you to decide what you want to learn more about. I enjoyed the content and the narration.

Interesting overview of conversational analysis

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