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Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends

Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends

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Series: Language and Learning for Human Service Professions

General ReferenceGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 089391200X
ISBN13: 9780893912000
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jan 1 1984
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.46 Depth: 8.54
Language: English
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.

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