Conversational style : analyzing talk among friends / Deborah Tannen.

Author/creator Tannen, Deborah
Format Electronic
EditionNew ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description1 online resource (xix, 244 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Contents Conversational style : theoretical background -- The participants in Thanksgiving dinner -- Linguistic devices in conversational style -- Narrative strategies -- Irony and joking -- Summary of style features -- The study of coherence in discourse -- Coda: taking the concepts into the present.
Abstract Preface to the 2005 Edition. 1. Introduction. 2. Conversational Style: Theoretical Background. 3. The Participants in Thanksgiving Dinner. 4. Linguistic Devices in Conversational Style. 5. Narrative Strategies. 6. Irony and Joking. 7. Summary of Style Features. 8. The Study of Coherence in Discourse. 9. Coda: Taking the Concepts into the Present. Appendix 1: Key to Transcription Conventions. Appendix 2: Steps in Analyzing Conversation. Appendix 3: Participants in Thanksgiving Dinner. Appendix 4: The Flow of Topics. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
General noteOriginally published: New York : Ablex Publishing. 1984.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Tannen, Deborah. Conversational style. New ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195221818 9780195221817
ISBN9780199725380 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0199725381 (electronic bk.)
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