Small talk

As everyday conversation ( chat, even small talk or banter, in dialect among other chatter, a chat, chat, chat ) is called a conversation, random, loose and out in a colloquial tone is spontaneous, in which there are mostly issues of private sphere of life is.

Hierarchical relationship differences between the interlocutors occur largely in the background - that is, they are not treated as relevant. Everyday conversations are the most natural form of the spoken language; they take place in natural situations. Features are interactivity, local implementation and control of the parties, orientation to everyday life back and low pre-planning activities of the actors.

At the beginning (often at the end ) more serious conversations is often a strategic, Plauderphase ' inserted, which should be useful to the determination of similarities. In substance, the opposite of spontaneous, it seeks specifically to prepare the everyday conversation. In some environments it must be very thoroughly to allow the targeted property, conversation at all - especially in highly "communal " and weak " socially " oriented social circles (see Tönnies, Community and Society ).

Chat

Chat ( chat, Chat, etymologically. Onomatopoeic of plodern ) is an informal form of a conversation without solid content. The subjects alternated very frequently. It often takes place in the non-working time, for example during breaks, but can also take place in the background during formal talks. In particular, the word " chat " has achieved his ancestrally little good, such as in the Middle High German " pludern " in Swedish " pladder ", the Danish " bladre " and in Latin " blaterare ", in all cases consistently translate with "( stupid), therefore chatter ".

Even small talk conversation follows rules that do not each participant are aware though. In a larger company several smaller groups can arise chatting independently. From time to time, the groups can join together to form larger groups, to discuss a common theme. Participants within a conversation group usually separate their own conversation easily from the other groups and are not disturbed by the background noise caused by the conversations of others.

Like every conversation has also chatting an initial phase, a main part and a termination phase. With multiple participants can involve changing the composition of the discussion group.

Since there is no formal discussion leader while chatting, the transfer takes place of the word informal rules.

• The speech is always relatively short and goes to the previous post a topic or change the subject. Serious topics are often rejected by the callers.
• The handover and takeover of the word occurs in pauses or by interrupting the speaker (though the interruption is considered rude ).
• During the speech, there is attention sign, like short asides, confirmations, denials, showing that the participants are still in the matter. These are usually not perceived as an interruption.
• If there are several participants an informal group may split so that two or more different discussion groups arise.

Chatting is an important social form of communication dar. In unhierarchischer atmosphere can, due to the lack of formal barriers, good ideas.

While chatting the interlocutors often use slang or dialect.

Forms of chatting are as Smalltalk, Stammtisch conversation Watch interview, " coffee gossip ." The " petrol conversation" is a form of chatting with motorcyclists around the theme motorcycle. A chatting similar written form is the chat, but in which the major components of non-verbal communication such as gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, posture and spatial behavior does not come to fruition because the main condition of the spatial connection of the caller is not given.

Under " chat " was understood in the literature until the early 20th century, loosely formulated, often glossierende, enshrined in the zeitgeist and suspended from latently current events subjective journal articles. For example, the chats were a standard genre in the German magazine The Week. There carries about in issue 40 of October 1902 personally held, culturally critical review of the Fischabneigung the Austrians and the German title: " The fish on the table" - talk from the Vienna fisheries exhibition by Bettina Wirth ".

Small talk

Smalltalk (such as " a chat ."; Engl of small " insignificant, small" and to talk " talk ") is a casual conversation without depth.

Although the topics are insignificant and interchangeable, the Smalltalk as a social ritual is of great importance. He avoids awkward silence, serves to loosen the atmosphere and is the first step of getting to know, for example, by business partners. Smalltalk shows the interest in the other or is there before at least. The topics among strangers are usually very general. Already almost literally, the " talk about the weather ". This topic has the advantage that everyone can have an opinion about it, and that differences of opinion are acceptable. And the weather can affect a person's activities and thus led up to another, more personal topics.

Typical questions include:

• " How are you? " ( As an introduction )
• " How's your family?" ( Among adults )
• " What are you doing today? " ( To get to a topic that is more productive )

Sometimes also introduces the fact that you can simply something " get rid of " must, for small talk. Even if you want to know something specific casually, the Smalltalk can be used as a means to broach the subject inconspicuously. A good way to divert attention from an inconvenient topic, the questions.

People who hold less depth discussions and more " small talk " should be according to scientific evidence, unfortunately.

If familiar with someone better, it is free to choose whether a conversation begins with general Smalltalk or equal to a particular topic is addressed.

Similar forms of communication

• Gossip denotes the replacement of rumors about not Present.
• Palaver is a negatively occupied synonym of empty everyday conversations.