Overview
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.
- | Author: Deborah Tannen
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1984
- | Number of Pages: 210 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0893911887
- | ISBN-13: 9780893911881
