Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Sep. 2012
The word to converse designates the act of speaking carried out by two or more individuals and which generally has the missions of: putting the other in knowledge of something new, exchange ideas on an issue, among other issues.
A fundamental and substantial characteristic that differentiates the act of talking from, for example, a monologue, is precisely the exchange of words, concepts, ideas, among those who participate, that is, not one speaks exclusively and also each one will have their turn to do so.
The aforementioned action of talking can be carried out face to face from the language orally, or on the contrary, it can be carried out in writing and through the different routes that the technology today he proposes us how to be: correspondence, email, chat, video chat through the computer or from a smartphone.
People talk about the most diverse issues and situations, even a conversation can be started regarding of a specific topic and then expand into other situations that have nothing to do with the origin of the conversation initial. This occurs mostly in those informal conversations, since in the case of the more formal ones, they are usually guided around a
protocol indicating the topics and the turns in which each participant will be able to express her idea.Also, it is a frequent question that the conversation is influenced by the context in which it takes place. For example, if two friends talk in the office of one of them who is a doctor, the conversation, surely, it will be interrupted on several occasions by the consultations that patients make to the doctor by phone.
The word in question presents a variety of synonyms, although, without a doubt, the most widely used in its place are those of chat and talk.
We usually use the first one less formally, that is, we apply it more when the conversation is between friends. I'm going to chat with Marga when she finishes work, while the other, speaking, although we also use it for informal dialogues, may well be applied for conversations that propose more formality. I'm going to talk to her teacher because I don't agree with the sanction.