Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends

Deborah Tannen

ISBN 10: 0893911887 / ISBN 13: 9780893911881

Published by Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey, 1984

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This paperback copy of Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends is in good condition. The cover shows minimal wear, and the binding remains tight. There are no inscriptions or library markings. The pages are clean and free from annotations.

Seller Inventory # A16-B2-TNP-0413

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends
• Publisher: Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893911887
• ISBN 13: 9780893911881
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket (paperback)

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Synopsis

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.

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