This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis of conversation. Written in a clear, user-friendly style by an experienced teacher, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook Working With Texts Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Conversation:
* Analyses exactly what happens during conversation and why
* Discusses the structure, purpose, and features of conversation
* Explores the relationship between speaker and listener
* Examines different kinds of conversation, such as chatroom conversations, extracts from chatshows and everyday conversation
* Provides a clear introduction to technical terms.
- 108 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Language of Conversation
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- The Language of Conversation
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgement
- Unit One: Introduction
- Unit Two: Features of spoken language and oral narratives
- Unit Three: Structure in conversation
- Unit Four: Negotiation and interaction
- Unit Five: Conversational genres
- Unit Six: Spoken language in written texts
- Index of terms
- References
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