Conversation: How Talk Is Organized

by Margaret J. McLaughlin

McLaughlin presents a broad and scholarly survey of conversational organization which will appeal to a broad range of non-specialist readers. The book serves to keep people abreast of the fast-developing literature by providing a glossary of terms, sample conversations, an assessment of what is currently known, and guidelines for future research. The author is particularly interested in how the smaller elements in the stream of conversation are combined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803922639
• ISBN13: 9780803922631
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.