Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780893911881)

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
ISBN-10: 0893911887
ISBN-13: 9780893911881
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1984
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d