In store now! You're All Talk by Rob Drummond
Follow Rob Drummond on Twitter @robdrummond and keep up with news from Scribe Publications here @scribepubs
Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.
You're All Talk by Rob Drummond
Hardback £16.99
Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say ‘tomayto’ and I say ‘tomahto’? And is one way of speaking better than another?In You’re All Talk , linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans how we perceive (and judge) other people and how we would like ourselves to be perceived. He investigates how and why we automatically associate different accents with particular social characteristics — degrees of friendliness, authority, social class, level of education, race, and so on — and how we, consciously or subconsciously, change the way we speak in order to create different versions of ourselves to fit different environments.Ultimately, You’re All Talk demonstrates the beauty of linguistic diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding of other people — and ourselves.
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
We are open:
Monday - Saturday
10am - 5.30 pm
