{"product_id":"you-re-all-talk","title":"You're All Talk","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYou're All Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity of 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eYou're All Talk\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the beauty of linguistic diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding of other people - and ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A telling and compelling exploration of spoken English, charting the joys and risks of individual accents, and why we perceive them the way we do. Through a mix of history, anecdotes, and topical examples, Drummond brings light and humour into a gnarly subject that affects every one of us.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Susie Dent, author of \u003ci\u003eWord Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book - an account of accents and identity that reaches across the generations, from concerned oldie to innovative TikToker, and shows how a sociolinguistic perspective can help reduce the anxieties and tensions that so often surround this topic. He writes: \"the world would be a better place if people knew just a bit more about how we communicate\". I'm in no doubt that \u003ci\u003eYou're All Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, with its humour, clarity, and breadth of illustration, will help make that happen.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-David Crystal, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Language Works\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rob Drummond is a brilliant tour guide around the endless labyrinths of the way we speak; in this book he hosts the talk show of our lives, ensuring that we listen hard to ourselves and everybody else.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Ian McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Rob Drummond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516750757949,"sku":null,"price":31.34,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922585455.jpg?v=1787571869","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/you-re-all-talk","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}