How Conversation Works

by Ronald Wardhaugh

Book Overview

Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Ronald Wardhaugh explores many aspects of conversation, asking how conversations start, how we decide who will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631139397
• ISBN13: 9780631139393
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"