| Description |
7 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The Modern scholar |
|
Modern scholar.
|
| Note |
"14 lectures ; 7 compact discs"--Container. |
|
At head of container title: Recorded Books presents. |
| Performer |
Lectures delivered by Professor Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University. |
| Summary |
"These lectures address the various aspects and implications of "conversational style." They look at the dynamics of specific situations, such as the workplace and classroom, where the role of conversational style is of particular importance"--Container. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Conversational style: the power of language in your life -- Lecture 2. Linguistic signals, devices, and rituals -- Lecture 3. Framing and reframing: how metamessages frame meaning -- Lecture 4. Power and solidarity: the interplay of hierarchy and connection -- Lecture 5. Indirectness: the ways and whys we communicate meaning not in so many ways -- Lecture 6. The rhythms of talk: pacing, pausing, silence, and interruption -- Lecture 7. Listenership: conversation as a joint production -- Lecture 8. Agonism: programmed contentiousness, ritualized opposition -- Lecture 9. Gender: women and men talking -- Lecture 10. Apologies in private and public contexts -- Lecture 11. Talking at work: institutional and interactional power -- Lecture 12. The classroom: talking in school -- Lecture 13. Politics: talk in the public arena -- Lecture 14. What to do with what you've learned. |
| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibligraphical references. |
| Form |
Issued also on cassette. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Conversation.
|
|
Interpersonal communication.
|
| Added Title |
"That's not what I meant!" : the sociolinguistics of everyday conversation |
|
That is not what I meant! |
|
Sociolinguistics of everyday conversation |
| Note |
Container title: Communication matters with Deborah Tannen. Course two, "That's not what I meant!" : the sociolinguistics of everyday conversation |
| ISBN |
1402547730 |
|
1402547749 text |
|
1402547330 (sound discs) |
| Music No. |
UC018 Recorded Books |
|
