Spoken English
A Practical Guide
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-86187-753-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this textbook for students of language and linguistics the authors take a practical approach to the analysis of English speech, focusing on interpersonal dialogue, both formal and informal. Short descriptions and discussions of the major, large scale elements of spoken dialogue (in terms of topic, topic movement and speaker status and orientation) are provided. These are followed by sections of transcribed versions of actual conversations and suggested interpretations of the various elements of these conversations designed to reveal their underlying structures and patternings.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86187-753-9 (9780861877539)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Introduction; approaches to conversation; transaction and interaction; field, tenor, mode and register; conversational characteristics; discourse management and topic goal; placement of topics; progression towards and digression from topic goal; interactional encounters and speakers' moves; the interactional view of conversation; status and face; topic and speaker roles; conversation as language in action; language as a mode of action; language in the construction of reality; conclusion. Part 2 Conversational structure; boundary sequences; openings; closings; the body of the conversation; speech-in-action; story; story in conversation; conclusions. Part 3 Problems in conversation; repairs; covert trouble and delayed repairs; scapegoat repairs; topic loops; negative evaluations; summary and comments; transactional encounters; openings in transactions; the interview; the tutorial; closing in transactions; the interview; the tutorial; interactional breaks during transaction; topic movement in transactions; interaction and topic movement; conclusions. Exercises.