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Title: Analysing Casual Conversation
Condition: New
Author: Suzanne Eggins, Diana Slade
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1845530462
EAN: 9781845530464
ISBN: 9781845530464
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Genre: Language & Reference
Release Date: 01/03/2005
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 503g
Book Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics
Release Year: 2005

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