1st Edition

Introduction to Spoken Interaction, An

By Anna-Brita Stenstrom Copyright 1994
    252 Pages
    by Routledge

    252 Pages
    by Routledge

    Describes how conversation works, providing a systematic and exhaustive account of the structure of spoken discourse and the diverse strategies speakers use to have a conversation. It is illustrated throughout with excerpts from genuine conversation and contains numerous exercises with suggested answers based on conversations in the London-Lund Corpus of English Conversation.

    Key to symbols
    Preface
    Acknowledgements

    1. General Characteristics
    2. Interactional structure
    3. Interactional strategies
    4. Conversation
    5. Discourse and grammar

    Answers to the exercises
    Glossary
    References
    Index

    Biography

    Anna-Brita Stenstrom