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Coupland, Justine, ed. 2003. Small Talk. Social Functions. A Special Issues of research on Language and Social Interaction. Routledge. 112 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

function | genre | small talk | social context | social interaction

Annotation

This collection examines the variety of topics, genres, and social contexts, in which talk might, in various ways, be considered as "small talk". The volume then advocates a more diverse appreciation of small talk's social functioning.