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Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Praeger Publishers Inc
Publication Date:
1st January 1984
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Trivia and quiz questions
Phonetics, phonology
Dewey:
001.542019
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Weight:
255g
Description
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, turn-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.
