Small Talk
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A Small Talk is a discourse for its own sake.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Deep Conversation.
- a Lecture.
- See: Conversation, Social Communication, Social Skill.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/small_talk Retrieved:2016-2-18.
- Small talk is an informal type of discourse that does not cover any functional topics of conversation or any transactions that need to be addressed. [1] Small talk is conversation for its own sake. The phenomenon of small talk was initially studied in 1923 by Bronisław Malinowski, who coined the term “phatic communication" to describe it. [2] The ability to conduct small talk is a social skill; hence, small talk is some type of social communication. Early publications assume networked work positions as suitable for social communication. [3]
- ↑ How to Master the Art of Small Talk - For Dummies
- ↑ Malinowski, B. (1923) "The problem of meaning in primitive languages", in: Ogden, C. & Richards, I., The Meaning of Meaning, Routledge, London
- ↑ COMPUTER NETWORKS AS SOCIAL NETWORKS: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community