Analysing Casual Conversation

by Suzanne Eggins and Diana Slade

Shortlisted for the 1998 BAAL Book Prize

Analysing Casual Conversation 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845530462
• ISBN13: 9781845530464
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"