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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
401.41 ENFI	Adult Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781541645028 (paperback)
Name	Enfield, N. J., 1966- author.
Title	How we talk : the inner workings of conversation / N. J. Enfield.
Edition	First international edition.
Published	New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Published	©2017
Description	ix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals, these "bad words" are fundamental to language. From the traffic signals of speech to the importance of um, this book revolutionises our understanding of conversation, and reveals what makes language universally human.
Subjects	Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects
	Conversation
	Communication
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Communication . Conversation . Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects . See Also: Business communication . Communication in organizations . Communicative competence . Cybernetics . Diffusion of innovations . Intercultural communication . Language and languages . Language arts . Mass media . Nonverbal communication . Oral communication . Persuasion (Psychology) . Popular culture . Sociology . Visual communication . Written communication . Discussion . Etiquette . Imaginary conversations . Interviews . Language and languages . Oral communication . Narrower Subject References: Social media. . Authors: Enfield, N. J., 1966- .

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