Dr Joe Blythe

Research Fellow in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Politics & Society

How small talk can lead to big things

A casual conversation between friends is a valuable tool for a University of Melbourne linguist - it provides him with a rich opportunity to study how linguistic structures deliver social action

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