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020			_a9781032559995
041			_aEnglish
082			_a153.6 _bTOT/E R4
084			_2Colon Classification
100			_aTota, Anna Lisa
245			_aEco-words : the ecology of conversation
250			_a1
260			_aLondon: _bRoutledge, _c2024
300			_a140p.
500			_a"How many words do we use in a day? How many of them are actually necessary to convey the flow of our thoughts? And how many could we do without, if we were to fast, to abstain from using words? This book examines the power of words. It explores the links between communication, language and identity, arguing for a certain gravity to the practice of speech, for offering only meaningful words to the people we talk to. We are the words we hear and utter, we are the words we think and Anna Lisa Tota invites us to use "eco-words" to change the world we live in: "This book is a proposal to myself and to you, dear Reader, an invitation to change together: while you read and while I write, bridging the temporal and spatial gap that separates us and makes it impossible for us to help each other." This volume will appeal to readers interested in the everyday practice of communication. It will also be useful for scholars and students of sociology, emotion, memory, body studies, philosophy, aesthetics, communication studies, psychology, and linguistics"
505			_a1. The quantum self and the power of words; 2. Between conversation and reality; 3. “The words not to say it”; 4. Body language; 5. The language of space; 6. Sustainable past; Afterword
650			_aInterpersonal communication Psychological aspects
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c741094 _d741094