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How Conversation Works
Ronald Wardhaugh
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Description for How Conversation Works
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
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.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631139393
SKU
V9780631139393
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99-50
About Ronald Wardhaugh
Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.
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