People who interact with each other regularly tend to think and behave similarly. Sometimes
this" herd behavior" is so striking as to suggest a puzzle. Why, for example, should political
beliefs or opinions on policy issues such as gun control tend to show such geographical and
social patterns? The facts that should inform beliefs are the same everywhere. For another
example, why should at certain times consumer and investor confidence be high and at
other times low? Often, economists cannot discern any logic to changes in public …

"... Hopper's aim is to begin to reveal to us the complex world of telephone conversation, and
that is what he succeeds marvellously in doing."--Discourse & Society" A guided tour
through the interior world of phone interactions, Telephone Conversation is a playful, often
poetic excursion into the dance-like qualities of language as and in technology."--Wayne A.
Beach" Telephone Conversation is an engagingly written book, peppered with snippets of
telephone chat that enable readers to see the extraordinariness of ordinary talk."--Quarterly …

This book provides a comprehensive account of conversation in English and its implications
for the ELT classroom. After a general overview and definition of conversation it provides the
reader with a systematic description of conversational English, from the vocabulary of
conversation, to grammar, discourse and genre. This is followed by an informed account of
the development of conversation in both first and second language acquisition. It then
describes a range of methodological approaches, procedures and techniques for teaching …

OMD originated the idea of an automated and fully integrated software package for office
dealers in the early 80's. Others, such as Microsoft™, have tried to emulate their success, but
year after year OMD has been number one in the industry. OMD has been listed in “Software
500” magazine for the past six years straight.

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