Forms of Talk is the last work published by Goffman during his life. It deals with the social management of conversation in everyday life. Furthermore, it dwells on some apparently fringe aspects of conversational action, such as curses, self-talking, footing, blunders, manifestations of surprise, embarrassment and joy that characterize our oral exchanges. In particular, Goffman focuses on conferences and radio talks: since language is a social process, he depicts daily life as a rich, complex and manifold environment being ruled by some fundamental aspects of sociality. The latter can be investigated through the ceremonial dimension of daily action and its public and rhetoric dimension. His analysis can be referred both to professional and mundane environments.