Re: TALKING WORK vs TALKING AT WORK

[Andrew Anthony Jocuns <jocunsa@georgetown.edu>]

Here is a pretty good book on the topic of 'talk at work':

Professional Communication in International Settings
by Yuling Pan, Suzanne B. K. Scollon, Ronald Scollon

Deborah Tannen has a book 'Talking 9 to 5' that may be of interest to you as well.

Andy J

----- Original Message -----
From: Piccini Chiara <piccinic@lu.unisi.ch>
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2004 5:56 pm
Subject: TALKING WORK vs TALKING AT WORK

> Hi! Does it make sense to you distinguishing between TALKING WORK 
> vs TALKING ATWORK?
> 
> where TALKING WORK  is a discursive professional activity (such as 
> teaching, or a medical consultation or a problem solving meeting, 
> etc.) 
> while TALKING AT WORK is any talk occorring in workplaces (talking 
> to coordinate non discursive activities, chatting during the coffee 
> break, etc.)
> Shall I use a better terminology to address such a distinction? 
> Does anybody know a collection of studies specifically on what I 
> call TALKING WORK ?
> Thanks!
> Chiara
> 
>