Laura Wagner (Ohio State University), Cecile McKee (University of Arizona)

How to Talk Language Science with Everybody

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the linguistics behind effective communication, this is an indispensable guide to how to engage the general public in linguistics, and scientific research more generally. It illustrates best practices with many compelling real-life examples and ultimately helps readers develop engaging scientific demonstrations of their own.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 273
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 168mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781108794923
• ISBN-10: 1108794920
• Artikelnr.: 66223021

Autorenporträt

Laura Wagner is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Ohio State University. She directs the Language Sciences Research Lab at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, OH.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Why bother
2. You can be the expert
3. Cooperative conversations
4. Conversational goals
5. Know why audience
6. Creating relevance by generating interest
7. Creating relevance by making connections
8. Quality and credibility
9. Incomplete is not incorrect
10. Learn to listen
11. Information structure
12. The curse of knowledge
13. Start with examples
14. What's new? Jargon
15. From given to new: scaffolding
16. Three-legged stool approach
17. Dealing with a range of audiences
18. Where can I go?
19. Being a good partner
20. Finale
Appendix.