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100	1		_aCrystal, David, _d1941- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLet's talk : _bhow English conversation works / _cDavid Crystal.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2020.
300			_ax, 206 pages ; _c23cm .
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aGreetings!: good mornings -- In the beginning...: conversation cards -- A thousand years of conversation: battle rapping -- Exchanges: an unusual exchange -- Taking turns-or not: telephone turns -- Interrupting: one-sided turns -- What we talk about: topical allusions -- How we talk about it: enjoy! -- Taking it easy: phone beginnings -- Story-telling: a thousand days -- Stylistic options: hello, Dave -- The vocal and the visual: Dickensian pauses -- Conversation as theatre: always a conversation -- Online 'conversations': online help -- Cultural conversations: a case of cultural misunderstanding -- Breaking the rules: the father of it all -- Does conversation change?: new openings, reactions, and closings -- #Almost done -- Appendix: The football grounds conversation.
520			_aCrystal 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. --From publisher description.
588	0		_aOnline resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2020).
650		4	_aConversation.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aCrystal, David. _tLet's Talk : How English Conversation Works. _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, �2020 _z9780198850694
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