Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language by Haiman, John

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Oxford University Press:, 1998. 220 pages, illustrated. "Haiman's book represents the very best kind of work (being done) in cultural studies today. It constitutes a provocative- and refreshingly unpretentious- inquiry into human behavior (mainly linguistic but also non-linguistic)." FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This study argues that "unplain speaking" is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. The author argues that "cheap talk" allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable, whil

Paperback / softback. New. This study argues that "unplain speaking" is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. The author argues that "cheap talk" allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable, while describing how what we are saying becomes separate from how we say it.