But the function of talk is embedded in its context [ 52, 57], language and knowledge are inseparable from the interactions in which they emerge [ 75, 76].
The author provides a broad review of research on service encounters to date, and analyzes characteristics of sales transactions, such as participants' roles, pragmatic and discourse functions of relational talk and address forms, the realization of politeness, and changes in alignment from transactional to relational talk.
This result is rather unexpected and poses new questions on the function of cross talk.
Now, you might think about an implantable device like that, but unlike the pancreas, a device that replaced the functions of your liver, we talked about all the different functions of your liver.
Human long-term organoid cultures in microfluidic microphysiological systems (MPS; or organs-on-a-chip) can emulate human biology and, therefore, enable detailed temporal studies of the physiological functions of organs, organ cross-talk and pharmacological effects of drugs1,2.
Cultural differences in recall of early memories are not just a function of how parents talk to their children, but may well be a function of how much parents validate the nonverbal experience of living in one's body in relation to the natural world.
Perhaps– certainly the golf course proposal doesn't help — but Arnorsdottir's comments made me think of an important function of stereotypes that we don't often think about (this post and this post talk about other functions of stereotypes).
The scholars from cognitive theory talk about the functions of lexical metaphors in shaping attitudes and affecting behaviours from the conceptual level.
"The meeting or phone call is when you need to ask really great questions". Don't talk about the functions of your product.
Don't talk about the functions of your product and try to sell them on the features or characteristics". Instead, sell the benefits or the value of the product, she adds.
