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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810657903321

Autore

Cameron Deborah <1958->

Titolo

Good to talk? : living and working in a communication culture / / Deborah Cameron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 2000

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 2000

ISBN

0-7619-5770-7

9786610369553

1-280-36955-8

1-4129-3155-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 213 p.)

Disciplina

302.2/242

Soggetti

Communication

Oral communication

Libros electrónicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction: good to talk?; Chapter 2 - Codifying 'comminication': knowledge, authority and standards; Chapter 3 - Talk as enterprise: communication and culture change at work; Chapter 4 - Communication factories: inside the call centre; Chapter 5 - Schooling spoken discourse; Chapter 6 - Communication and the pursuit of happiness; Epilogue; Appendix: Research methods and research ethics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this thought-provoking study, Deborah Cameron deconstructs the 'good to talk' myth, and looks at what lies behind the current upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces classrooms and private lives.