Talk by Elizabeth Stokoe - ISBN: 9781472140838
Paperback
Uncover the hidden science of conversation, and talk better.

Talk

The Science of Conversation

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    11 August 2020

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Summary

We spend much of our days talking. Yet we know little about the conversational engine that drives our everyday lives. We are pushed and pulled around by language far more than we realize, yet are seduced by stereotypes and myths about communication.

This book will change the way you think about talk. It will explain the big pay-offs to understanding conversation scientifically.

Elizabeth Stokoe, a social psychologist, has spent over twenty years collecting and analysing real c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472140838
ISBN-10:1472140834
Author:Elizabeth Stokoe
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Robinson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:11 August 2020
Weight:203g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 30mm
About The Author

Elizabeth Stokoe

Elizabeth Stokoe is Professor of Social Interaction in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, using conversation analysis to understand how talk works. Outside the University, she runs workshops with professionals using her research-based communication training method called the “Conversation Analytic Role-play Method”. She is one of thirteen WIRED 2015 Innovation Fellows; has given TEDx, New Scientist, SciFoo/Google, Cheltenham Science Festival and Royal Institution lectures, and her research and biography were featured on the BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific.

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