In this paper, we present a contrastive pragmatic analysis of Small Talk in English and Chinese. We use a radically minimal, finite and interactional system of speech acts to study DCTs conducted with ...

Small talk in the U.S. tends to circle around work; in other countries, it starts with personal interests. It’s much more lively to discuss someone’s art class or favorite recent read (and why).

Whether you love or loathe small talk, it's not as “small” as you might think. Our brains process loads of information during a conversation, but most of those informational inputs are non-verbal.

And if the very phrase “ small talk ” is what makes you cringe, allow me to reframe: The study investigated transcripts of 69 conversations to identify both task-based and “off-task ...

Small talk is not only good for relationships, but it can also boost your mood and sense of community, experts say. Here’s how to get better at the polite exchanges.

Because most small talk occupies just a couple of minutes, you don’t have to have too much to say. Ask a couple of questions When in doubt, you can also get people talking about themselves.

This essay explores how novelists of the Harlem Renaissance deploy small talk to disrupt racial identification. Nella Larsen's Passing (1929) serves as a case study showing that small talk magnifies a ...

Small talk is not only good for relationships, but it can also boost your mood and sense of community, experts say. Here’s how to get better at the polite exchanges.