Neil Mercer (1)

This is a bit academic for the casual reader, but I found it accessible and interesting as a lay person. It uses actual research examples of language interactions (mostly small conversations) of all types to break down and analyse how people use language to form meaning both shared and constructed. A lot of the points made here I felt were obvious, but only _after_ the point was made- I recognize them but may not have been able to express them before. Vitality important to people of authority like teachers, police, politicians, etc, it is also important in our everyday lives. Still, I only read the first half of the book (which was from the public library)… (altro)