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KlappentextTelling and compelling´ Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book´ David Crystal, author of How Language Works Intriguing and engaging´ Gyles Brandreth, author of Word PlayWhy 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? In You´re All Talk, 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.Ultimately, You´re All Talk demonstrates the beauty of linguistic diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding of other people - and ourselves.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-914484-28-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum12.10.2023
Seiten256 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 139 mm, Höhe 220 mm, Dicke 29 mm
Gewicht368 g
Artikel-Nr.60525571
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