Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk: How We Defeat Ourselves by the Way We Talk and what to Do about itExplains how to reduce ridiculous communication so that verbal behavior will not be an excessive burden. |
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... rules of semantic order , rules ( if you will ) for avoiding stupid or crazy talk . Some of their advice has been ( in my opinion ) unimpeachable , but some of it seems to me quite suspi- cious . For example , in his famous essay ...
... rules of semantic order , rules ( if you will ) for avoiding stupid or crazy talk . Some of their advice has been ( in my opinion ) unimpeachable , but some of it seems to me quite suspi- cious . For example , in his famous essay ...
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... rules . There are rules for street talk , rules for church talk , rules for courtroom talk , classroom talk , conference - room talk , and even concentration - camp talk . Rules for any human en- counter with a past and a future ; in ...
... rules . There are rules for street talk , rules for church talk , rules for courtroom talk , classroom talk , conference - room talk , and even concentration - camp talk . Rules for any human en- counter with a past and a future ; in ...
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... rules are being breached . It would take a lifetime of scholarly work , such as Erving Goffman has done , to ... rules of attitude informally . I should even say haphazardly . In any case , there is very little explicit instruction given ...
... rules are being breached . It would take a lifetime of scholarly work , such as Erving Goffman has done , to ... rules of attitude informally . I should even say haphazardly . In any case , there is very little explicit instruction given ...
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