How conversation works
Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Ronald Wardhaugh explores many aspects of conversation, asking how conversations start, how we decide who will speak next, how we change the subject, and how w…
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- Full title :How conversation works / Ronald Wardhaugh.
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Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Ronald Wardhaugh explores many aspects of conversation, asking how conversations start, how we decide who will speak next, how we change the subject, and how we know when a conversation has finished. How Conversation Works is the most accessible guide to discourse analysis and pragmatics yet written and will be read with profit and enjoyment by students and general readers alike.
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- Publication Date:1985.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):B. Blackwell in association with André Deutsch
- Place of Publication:Oxford, OX, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1985.
The Physical Object
- Description:230 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0631139214, 9780631139218, 0631139397, 9780631139393
- oclc:ocm10996249
- LC Classification:P95.45
- Dewey Decimal:001.54/2
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