Let's talk about Conversation

We take informal conversation for granted because it's so natural and everyday; but if we analyse it we can discover surprising features. The talk explores some of the findings reported in David Crystal's 2020 book, Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works, and compares face-to-face conversations with the online interactions that have become increasingly present as a result of covid-19.

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Bio

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor, and works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster in language and linguistics. He joined the new department of linguistics at Reading in 1965, becoming professor of linguistic science there in 1975. From 1984 he has worked as an independent scholar. He is author of over 100 books on various aspects of the English language, including The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, now in its third edition. His latest book is Let's talk: how English conversation works (2020). A complete list of his publications can be found at www.davidcrystal.com.