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  2. Small talk - Wikipedia

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    Small talk is an informal type of discourse that does not cover any functional topics of conversation or any transactions that need to be addressed. [1] In essence, it is polite and standard conversation about unimportant things.

  3. Tag question - Wikipedia

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    Are you coming?), these tags make a grammatical statement into a real question: You're coming, aren't you? Do listen, will you? Let's have a beer, shall we? The falling pattern is used to underline a statement. The statement itself ends with a falling pattern, and the tag sounds like an echo, strengthening the pattern.

  4. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication.It is the most common functional style of speech, the idiom normally employed in conversation and other informal contexts. [1]

  5. Text and conversation theory - Wikipedia

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    Giddens’ theory has been adapted to the field of communication, particularly organizational communication; specifically, how and why structural changes are possible and the duality of formal and informal communication. This theory is based on concepts of structure and agency. structure is defined as rules and resources of an organization ...

  6. Phatic expression - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a phatic expression (English: / ˈ f æ t ɪ k /, FAT-ik) is a communication which primarily serves to establish or maintain social relationships.In other words, phatic expressions have mostly socio-pragmatic rather than semantic functions.

  7. Communication accommodation theory - Wikipedia

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    Online media allow informal communication, which shares the complex features of natural communication. [52] Online communication often leaves a written trail, which allows the gathering and analysis of large amounts of data. This has provided evidence for communication accommodation in online communities.

  8. Conversation analysis - Wikipedia

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    Conversation analysis (CA) is an approach to the study of social interaction that investigates the methods members use to achieve mutual understanding through the transcription of naturally occurring conversations from audio or video. [1]

  9. Human communication - Wikipedia

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    Human communication can be defined as any Shared Symbolic Interaction. [6]Shared, because each communication process also requires a system of signification (the Code) as its necessary condition, and if the encoding is not known to all those who are involved in the communication process, there is no understanding and therefore fails the same notification.