Everyday Language: How We Talk to Each Other All-Day Seminar
When
Nov 22, 2008 10:00 am (Saturday)
Where
Resident Associate Program
901 New York Avenue NW (Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
38.912534
-76.994093
What
S. Dillon Ripley Center We depend on language every day but rarely consider how we communicate our needs and interest in daily situations. Today, Deborah Schiffrin (chair, linguis...
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S. Dillon Ripley Center
We depend on language every day but rarely consider how we communicate our needs and interest in daily situations. Today, Deborah Schiffrin (chair, linguistics department, Georgetown University) and Anna Trester (assistant director, language and communication program, Georgetown University) discuss the different forms of communication and then delve into how to improve verbal communication by understanding how the right word and the wrong word can affect interaction with one another.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
We depend on language every day but rarely consider how we communicate our needs and interest in daily situations. Today, Deborah Schiffrin (chair, linguistics department, Georgetown University) and Anna Trester (assistant director, language and communication program, Georgetown University) discuss the different forms of communication and then delve into how to improve verbal communication by understanding how the right word and the wrong word can affect interaction with one another.
$120, general; $85, members; call 202-633-3030
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