Everyday talk
Subtitle: building and reflecting identities
By: Karen Tracy.
Series: The Guilford communication series
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Oral communication; Identity (Psychology); Ethnicity; Speech acts (Linguistics); Social interaction
Description: "The book draws on discourse analytic research and applies it to a wide range of real-life situations and examples including private conversations among friends and family as well as interchanges in the classroom, workplace, and public settings.

Interweaving rhetorical and cultural perspectives, the author gives particular attention to the ways talk reflects communicators' cultural and ethnic background, nationality, social class, and gender, as well as the dynamics between particular conversational partners. Illuminated is the complex role that talking plays in building relationships and creating - and ideally, resolving - relational problems."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.