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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 > >