| Description |
xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Equinox textbooks and surveys in linguistics |
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Equinox textbooks and surveys in linguistics.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Collecting and transcribing casual conversation -- 1. Making meanings in everyday talk -- 2. Relevant approaches to analysing casual conversation -- 3. The grammar of causal conversation: enacting role relations -- 4. The semantics of casual conversation: encoding attitude and humour in casual conversation -- 5. The discourse structure of casual conversation: negotiating support and confrontation -- 6. Genre in casual conversation: telling stories -- 7. Gossip: establishing and maintaining group membership -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Analysing Casual Conversation, first published in 1997 by Cassell, develops a systematic model for the analysis and description of casual conversation in English. Working through authentic examples of casual conversations involving participants differing in age, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic class, the authors argue that despite its sometimes aimless appearance and apparently unstructured content, casual conversation is a highly structured activity and plays a critical role in the social construction of reality. Drawing on insights from sociology, linguistics and critical semiotics, the book equips readers with the analytic skills to describe the layers of structure and critical interpretive frameworks to explain the 'social work' that goes on through chat |
| Analysis |
Conversation |
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English language -- Discourse analysis |
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English language -- Spoken English |
| Notes |
Originally published: 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index |
| Subject |
Conversation.
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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English language -- Spoken English.
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| Author |
Slade, Diana, author
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| LC no. |
96043841 |
| ISBN |
1845530462 |
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9781845530464 |
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