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This engaging text explores how everyday talk--the ordinary kinds of communicating that people do in schools, workplaces, and among family and friends--expresses who we are and who we want to be. The authors interweave rhetorical and cultural perspectives on the ""little stuff"" of conversation: what we say and how we say it, the terms used to refer to others, the content and style of stories we tell, and more. Numerous detailed examples show how talk is the vehicle through which people build relationships. Students gain skills for thinking more deeply about their own and others' communic

Part I.The Argument --1.Talk and Identity --Why Is Understanding the Link between Everyday Talk and Identity So Important? --The Logic of Conversation: Information Exchange? --Interactional Meanings and Identity-Work --What Does "Identity" Mean? --Face, a Particularly Important Facet of Identity --What Are Discursive Practices? --Linking Discursive Practices and Identities --Summary --2.Two Perspectives --The Rhetorical Perspective --The Cultural Perspective --The Relationship between the Rhetorical and the Cultural Perspectives --Summary --Part II.Talk's Building Blocks --3.Person-Referencing Practices --Personal Address --Names --Identity Implications of Address --Ethnicity- and Race-Linked References --Gender-Linked References --The Membership Categorization Device --Summary --4.Speech Acts --Philosophical Background --Links between Speech Acts and Identities --Especially Face-Threatening Speech Acts --Summary --5.The Sound (and Sight) of Talk --Transcription --The Identity-Work of Paralinguistic Devices --Meanings of Stable Features of Voice --Dialect or "Accent" --The Value of Devalued Dialects --A Rhetorical Perspective on Accent --Summary --6.Interaction Structures --Turn Taking --Adjacency Pairs and Common Permutations --Little Words That Matter: Discourse Markers --Questioning and Responding --Speech Community Differences --Summary --7.Language Selection --Identity Implications of Language Choice and Code Switching --Language Death, Revitalization, and Tourism --Language and Immigrant Identity --Speaking English and American Identity --Summary --Part III.Complex Discourse Practices --8.Style --Directness Styles --Politeness Styles --Expressiveness Styles --Texting Styles --Master-Identity Marked Styles --Summary --9.Stance --Marked and Unmarked Forms --Modal Devices --Interest and Involvement Stances --Hostility and Other Negative Stances --Stances Related to Politics and Culture --Summary --10.Narratives --Everyday Narratives and Their Key Features --Functions of Narratives --Cultural Differences --Summary --11.Genre --Background --Genre 1.The Emergency Telephone Call --Genre 2.Organizational Meetings --Genre 3.Citizen Testimony in Public Meetings --Genre 4.Talk Show Interview --Genre 5.Gift Exchanges --Genre 6.Personal Conversation --Summary --Part IV.The Conclusion --12.Putting It All Together --Case 1: Four Teens Talking --Dr. Laura and a Controversial Radio Broadcast --Take-Away Thoughts --Glossary --Notes --References --Index --About the Authors.

This article presents a qualitative investigation of communication practices interactants use to manage mobile phone activity while they are engaged in a copresent conversation. Drawing from conversation analysis and a collection of naturalistic video recordings, our study of mobile phone use in situ focuses on how participants orient to the mobile text summons, the audible chimes or vibrations that indicate the receipt of a text message (or short message service [SMS]). In these moments, interactants must simultaneously manage attending to their phone and the copresent conversation. Our analysis shows how people may use nonverbal and verbal techniques to attend to their mobile phone based on their identity respective to the copresent activity. The study contributes to scholarly understandings of technology use, multitasking, and the management of attention in interpersonal communication.

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