Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This book provides a basic approach to the linguistic analysis of conversation, building toward a theory of the aesthetics of conversation by analyzing spontaneous talk among friends. It sheds light on such issues as pacing, turban-taking, storytelling, and humor, showing the effects on interaction when participants' conversational styles differ. Its readability makes it suitable for use as a text in discourse analysis at all levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893911881
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1984
Series:	Language and Learning for Human Service Professions Series
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

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