Talk Is Cheap

Author : John Haiman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198027508

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Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old "talk is cheap" maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as "Yeah, right" and "I couldn't care less" are so much a part of the way we speak--and the way we live--that we are more likely to notice when they are absent (for example, Forrest Gump). From our everyday dialogues and conversations ("Thanks a lot!") to the screenplays of our popular films (Pulp Fiction and Fargo), what is said is frequently very different from what is meant. Talk is Cheap begins with this telling observation and proceeds to argue that such "unplain speaking" is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. Author John Haiman traces this sea-change in our use of language to the emergence of a postmodern "divided self" who is hyper-conscious that what he or she is saying has been said before; "cheap talk" thus allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable. Haiman goes on to examine the full range of these pervasive distancing mechanisms, from clichés and quotation marks to camp and parody. Also, and importantly, this text highlights several new ways in which the English language is evolving (and has evolved) in response to our postmodern world view. In other words, this study shows us how what we are saying is gradually separating itself from how we say it. As provocative as it is timely, the book will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, literature, communication, anthropology, philosophy, and popular culture.

Author : Minnesota John Haiman Professor of Linguistics Macalester College
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195354065

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Talk Is Cheap : Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language by Minnesota John Haiman Professor of Linguistics Macalester College Pdf

Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old "talk is cheap" maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as "Yeah, right" and "I couldn't care less" are so much a part of the way we speak--and the way we live--that we are more likely to notice when they are absent (for example, Forrest Gump). From our everyday dialogues and conversations ("Thanks a lot!") to the screenplays of our popular films (Pulp Fiction and Fargo), what is said is frequently very different from what is meant. Talk is Cheap begins with this telling observation and proceeds to argue that such "unplain speaking" is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. Author John Haiman traces this sea-change in our use of language to the emergence of a postmodern "divided self" who is hyper-conscious that what he or she is saying has been said before; "cheap talk" thus allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable. Haiman goes on to examine the full range of these pervasive distancing mechanisms, from cliches and quotation marks to camp and parody. Also, and importantly, this text highlights several new ways in which the English language is evolving (and has evolved) in response to our postmodern world view. In other words, this study shows us how what we are saying is gradually separating itself from how we say it. As provocative as it is timely, the book will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, literature, communication, anthropology, philosophy, and popular culture.

Author : Robert W. Crandall,Leonard Waverman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815719700

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The rapid pace of technological change is placing the world's telephone companies in a very difficult position. Fiber optics cables, wireless telephones, digital signal compression, and sophisticated new switching equipment are lowering the cost of providing service and opening the gates to new competition. At the same time, these new technologies are providing the telephone companies with a wide array of new market opportunities. Unfortunately, their status as regulated carriers makes it difficult to exploit these new opportunities and to fend off competitive assaults on their traditional telephone business. As long as they are regulated, they can be accused of using their monopoly services to cross-subsidize new competitive ventures. But partial deregulation and open entry would be a catastrophe for them unless they were allowed to revise their rate structure. There is a widespread misconception that the U.S. telecommunications industry has been "deregulated" and that Canadian authorities are following the U.S. lead. In fact, most services remain regulated, even though some markets, such as long-distance services, equipment sales and rentals, and local services, have been opened up. This book reviews the recent changes in the structure of U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries and the changes in regulatory policy on both sides of the border. The authors analyze the effects of these changes in regulation on telephone rates in both the local and long-distance markets with particular emphasis on the impacts of regulatory reforms and competition on long-distance rates. They use their results to suggest how regulation should be structured to allow competition to replace monopoly on the road to the information superhighway. The authors contend that for decades misguided regulation of the telephone sector in both Canada and the U.S. denied consumers the benefits of competition, distorted local and long-distance telephone rates, and blocked en

Author : James E. Gaskin
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0596009607

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Fed up with the high tolls charged by your ordinary telephone service? If you're itching to cut the copper cord with your costly, traditional phone service, you need Talk is Cheap, the new, easy-to-understand guide to understanding and using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and other Internet telephone options.Technologies such as VoIP are gaining a great deal of attention these days as more people switch from standard telephone service to phone service via the Internet. But while the cost savings are outstanding, there are some issues with Internet telephony that you should know about. Are the connections reliable? Is the quality comparable? Will it include 911 services?James Gaskin's Talk is Cheap addresses these issues and many more by explaining how to make the switch and what the tradeoffs will be if you opt for Internet telephony over traditional phone services.Talk is Cheap focuses on the increasingly popular services from Vonage, which uses VoIP, and Skype--a free service that operates as a peer-to-peer (P2P) network with the ability to turn any PC, Mac, or Pocket PC into a telephone. The book explains your options; explores the background behind, the workings of, and differences between VoIP and P2P networks; and discusses the advantages and drawbacks of both technologies (including service offerings, quality, capabilities, completion rates, and more).Talk is Cheap then goes into detail on what you can expect in Internet service from traditional phone companies such as Verizon and AT&T. In addition, you will learn more advanced techniques, including how to turn your Palm or Pocket PC into an Internet phone and how to work with Wi-Fi phones and videophones.A straightforward, quick introduction to the ins and outs of using Internet telephone services, this book provides everything you need to make informed telephone decisions--whether you're thinking about the switch from traditional phone service or have already made it and want to get the most out of your new Internet telephone.

Author : Joshua St. Pierre
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472055340

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Cheap Talk by Joshua St. Pierre Pdf

In Cheap Talk: Disability and the Politics of Communication, Joshua St. Pierre flips the script on communication disability, positioning the unruly, disabled speaker at the center of analysis to challenge the belief that more communication is unquestionably good. Working with Gilles Deleuze’s suggestion that “[w]e don’t suffer these days from any lack of communication, but rather from all the forces making us say things when we’ve nothing much to say,” St. Pierre brings together the unlikely trio of the dysfluent speaker, the talking head, and the troll to show how speech is made cheap—and produced and repaired within human bodies—to meet the inhuman needs of capital. The book explores how technologies, like social media and the field of speech-language pathology, create smooth sites of contact that are exclusionary for disabled speakers and looks to the political possibilities of disabled voices to “de-face” the power of speech now entwined with capital.

Author : Terri O'Mahony
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995551480

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Talk is Cheap by Terri O'Mahony Pdf

Author : Jim McCann
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780544114326

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Talk is (not!) Cheap by Jim McCann Pdf

How to lead through conversation from the founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, the world's largest florist. "

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner,Deb Calvert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119446286

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Stop Selling and Start Leading by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner,Deb Calvert Pdf

NAMED THE #3 TOP SALES BOOK OF 2018! Make extraordinary sales happen! In the Age of the Customer, sales effectiveness depends mightily on the buyer experience. Despite nearly-universal agreement on the need for creating value in every step of the buyer’s journey, sellers continue to struggle with how to create that value and connect meaningfully with buyers. New research bridges the gap and reveals the behavioral blueprint for sellers that makes buyers more likely to meet with them — and more likely to buy from them. In Stop Selling & Start Leading, you’ll discover that the very same behaviors that make leaders more effective also work to make sellers more effective, too. This critical shift in the selling mindset, and in the sales role itself, is the key to boosting your overall sales effectiveness. • Inspire, challenge, and enable buyers • Change your behavior to build trust and increase sales • Step into your leadership potential • See yourself the way your buyers do • Feel good about selling again When you’re aiming for quota attainment and real connections with buyers, this book gives you the confidence and skills you need.

Author : Kelley French,Thomas French
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316324434

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Juniper by Kelley French,Thomas French Pdf

The inspiring story of Juniper, a baby born too soon, gorgeously told by her parents, both award-winning journalists. Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball, her skin was nearly translucent, and through her chest you could see her flickering heart. Babies like Juniper, born at the edge of viability, trigger the question: Which is the greater act of love -- to save her, or to let her go? Kelley and Thomas French chose to fight for Juniper's life, and this is their incredible tale. In one exquisite memoir, the authors explore the border between what is possible and what is right. They marvel at the science that conceived and sustained their daughter and the love that made the difference. They probe the bond between a mother and a baby, between a husband and a wife. They trace the journey of their family from its fragile beginning to the miraculous survival of their now thriving daughter.

Author : Matthew Kay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003841814

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Not Light, but Fire by Matthew Kay Pdf

Do you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged?Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, it is not light that is needed, but fire-, author Matthew Kay demonstrateshow to move beyond surface-level discussionsand lead students through the most difficult race conversations. In Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom, Kay recognizes we often never graduate to the harder conversations,so he offers a method for getting them right, providing candid guidance on: How torecognize the difference between meaningful and inconsequential race conversations.How tobuild conversational safe spaces,- not merely declare them.How toinfuse race conversations with urgency and purpose.How tothrive in the face of unexpected challenges.How administrators mightequip teachers to thoughtfully engage in these conversations.With the right blend of reflection and humility, Kay assertsteachers can make school one of the best venues for young people to discuss race.

Author : Asek Designs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1720347948

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Talk Is Cheap Until You Hire a Lawyer by Asek Designs Pdf

Want to make somebody laugh hard? Do you need a small and cool gift, but you don't know what? Buy this hilarious funny Journal! This one makes always a cool gift for your co-workers, colleagues, friends and loved ones. (Journal comes in 100 pages, wide ruled line paper, in 6x9 inches). A Great Gift for Lawyers with Humor. With this one you will have the coolest gifts of all, without even spending ten bucks!

Author : Jerry Gillies
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1983-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0446322318

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Moneylove by Jerry Gillies Pdf

Author : Jane M. Shattuc
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136656798

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The Talking Cure by Jane M. Shattuc Pdf

The Talking Cure examines four nationally syndicated television talk shows--Donahue, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo and Sally Jessy Raphael--which are primarily devoted to feminine culture and issues. Serving as one of the few public forums where working-class women and those with different sexual orientations have a voice, these talk shows represent American TV at its most radical. Shattuc examines the tension between talk's feminist politics and the television industry, who, in their need to appeal to women, trades on sensation, stereotypes and fears in order to engender product consumption. However, this genre is not a one-way form of social interaction. The female audience complies and resists in a complex give-and-take, and it is this relationship which The Talking Cure aims to understand and reveal.

Author : Loni Hoots
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733597972

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Talk Is Cheap by Loni Hoots Pdf

Author : Godfrey Holder,Kwabena Holder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988686910

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Talk Is Cheap by Godfrey Holder,Kwabena Holder Pdf

This book is about strategy implementation. Managers spend significant resources on consulting and training in the hope of creating brilliant strategies. They do often brilliant strategies, but they are unable to translate these into brilliant performance. This book presents a new conceptual models and tools that can be used to implement different strategies. The authors analyzed how leaders have struggled from strategy implementation and provides readers with a comprehensive and systematic framework to tackle their strategy implementation challenges. The book emphasizes that knowing what to do is not the same as doing what needs to be done to successfully implement strategy. Have clear strategic choices been made? Are actions aligned with the strategy? What's the organizational context for the strategy? In answering these questions, the book provides leaders and managers involved in designing and implementing strategies with a valuable resource to move their strategies toward implementation.