The Language of Conversation / Edition 1

by Francesca Pridham

Overview

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis of conversation. Written in a clear, user-friendly style by an experienced teacher, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook Working With Texts Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Conversation:
* Analyses exactly what happens during conversation and why
* Discusses the structure, purpose, and features of conversation
* Explores the relationship between speaker and listener
* Examines different kinds of conversation, such as chatroom conversations, extracts from chatshows and everyday conversation
* Provides a clear introduction to technical terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415229647
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/15/2001
Series:	Intertext
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Age Range:	17 - 18 Years

About the Author

Francesca Pridham is Head of English at Winstanley Sixth Form College, Wigan, and Assistant Examiner in A-Level English Language for AQA.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Introduction; Unit 2 Features of Spoken Language and Oral Narratives; Unit 3 Structure in conversation; Unit 4 Negotiation and interaction; Unit 5 Conversational genres; Unit 6 Spoken language in written texts;