{"product_id":"9781917189125","title":"You're All Talk : Why We Are What We Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn You're All Talk, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans operate: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235799183595,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781917189125-1.jpg?v=1781711462","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9781917189125","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}