The Science Of Analysing Conversations - Elizabeth Stokoe - #506

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Elizabeth Stokoe. She's a professor of social interaction at Loughborough University, studying conversation analysis. The discussions that we have usually seem to flow seamlessly. That's until you transcribe and scientifically analyze them to show up all of the pauses, filler words, mistakes, stutters and half finished sentences. Then the fact that we can communicate at all seems to become a miracle. Expect to learn what not to say on a first date. Why the word like has taken such a hold over people's mouths. Just how big of an impact language has on our behavior. Why the words that people say often are the most important contributor when determining our opinion of them. What Elizabeth learned from hostage negotiations. Whether our use of technology and smart speakers is changing our language. And much more. Don't forget that if you are listening, there is a copy of the Modern Wisdom reading list available for you right now for free. You can go and get yours by going to chriswillx.com/books. It's a list of 100 of the most interesting and impactful books that I've ever read. You can go and get yours right now. chriswillx.com/books. In other news, this episode is brought to you by the Six Minute Success Journal. If you're focusing on work for a period of time and you're looking to up your productivity, work on efficiency, start to plan your days out, do a little review at the end of them, and you'll know that you're doing a great job. This is an unbelievable solution. By blending practice-proven mindfulness exercises with productivity-boosting strategies, this is not only a work planner, but also a mindfulness planner, and it's helped more than 200,000 individuals to achieve their goals, not only more consistently, but also more calmly. If you're not planning your day, you cannot make sure that the things that you intend to do will get done. And if you're not reviewing after the end of the day, you don't know if your strategies worked well. This is an awesome, simple, three minutes in the morning, three minutes in the evening solution that can help you to get yourself to where you need to and get 15% off everything site-wide by going to bit.ly slash diary wisdom. That's bit.ly slash diary wisdom. If you're in the UK, use the code MW15. And if you're in the US, you can just search on Amazon for the six-minute success journal and use the code 15 minutes. That's one five minutes a checkout to get your 15% discount. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. You are not eating and have fruit and vegetables in your diet and you know it. And this is going to help. One scoop of Athletic Greens contains 75 vitamins, minerals and whole food sourced ingredients. It's NSF certified for sports in the US, meaning that Olympic athletes can use it. And the recipe has been updated 53 times over the last decade. They invest in the most absorbable and natural source of each ingredient so that you know you are getting the highest quality that you can. It's lifestyle friendly whether you eat keto, paleo, vegan, dairy free or gluten free and it contains less than one gram of sugar without compromising on taste. You can also get a year's free supply of vitamin D, five free travel packs, free pots, shakers and a 60 day money back guarantee. So you can buy it and try it for 59 days and if you don't like it, they will give you your money back. Head to athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom. That's athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom. And in final news, this episode is brought to you by Wondrium. Wondrium is focused on helping you become a better version of yourself. You can explore audio and video courses on hundreds of topics taught by university professors, documentaries to help you learn more about the world around you and video tutorials that will help you learn new hobbies like photography, cooking, crafting and health and wellness. All of Wondrium's content is world class incredible presented by experts who all know their stuff. I just watched a program from the great courses called Understanding Inventions That Change the World which explores the history and basic principles behind everything from the Roman aqueducts to the telescope and nuclear power and the internet and a lot more. Also you can get unlimited free access for two weeks if you go to wondrium.com/modernwisdom. That's wondrium.com/modernwisdom.
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