1 Speaking
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Nicolas Bencherki
Abstract
While speaking is often contrasted with writing, this chapter considers that ambiguity between the two modalities confers to speaking its ability to affect organizing. The chapter conceptually discusses how these modalities have been distinguished, including by considering speaking as a human prerogative and writing as a derivative, and suggests that such distinctions are hard to justify. The chapter calls for greater attention to the performative power of speaking and to the emancipatory facet of talk, and suggests that closer attention to how people speak would reveal how they constitute a shared world. After questioning whether distinguishing talk and text is useful, the chapter shows that the two are in fact blended, especially when viewing speaking as situated action, when paying attention to conversational dynamics or when exploring its performative dimension, which leads to recognizing its critical implications in terms of giving a voice to all in constituting a collectivity.
Abstract
While speaking is often contrasted with writing, this chapter considers that ambiguity between the two modalities confers to speaking its ability to affect organizing. The chapter conceptually discusses how these modalities have been distinguished, including by considering speaking as a human prerogative and writing as a derivative, and suggests that such distinctions are hard to justify. The chapter calls for greater attention to the performative power of speaking and to the emancipatory facet of talk, and suggests that closer attention to how people speak would reveal how they constitute a shared world. After questioning whether distinguishing talk and text is useful, the chapter shows that the two are in fact blended, especially when viewing speaking as situated action, when paying attention to conversational dynamics or when exploring its performative dimension, which leads to recognizing its critical implications in terms of giving a voice to all in constituting a collectivity.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
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Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
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II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
-
Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
-
II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
-
Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
