You're All Talk

Why We Are What We Speak

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Beschreibung

<p><strong>Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say 'tomayto' and I say 'tomahto'? And is one way of speaking better than another?</strong></p><p>In <em>You're All Talk</em>, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans operate: how we perceive (and judge) other people and how we would like ourselves to be perceived. He investigates how and why we automatically associate different accents with particular social characteristics - degrees of friendliness, authority, social class, level of education, race, and so on - and how we, consciously or subconsciously, change the way we speak in order to create different versions of ourselves to fit different environments.</p><p>Ultimately, <em>You're All Talk</em> demonstrates the beauty of linguistic diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding of other people - and ourselves.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781917189125

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Scribe Publications