How Conversation Works
How Conversation Works by Ronald Wardhaugh, published by Wiley in 1985, offers an insightful exploration into the dynamics of conversation. This 230-page book is presented in English and delves into the rules and principles that govern even the most casual interactions. Wardhaugh examines the structure of conversation, detailing the processes involved when individuals engage in dialogue and the reasons behind their choices in various contexts.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of how conversations initiate, the decision-making involved in turn-taking, subject changes, and the cues that signal the conclusion of a discussion. The book serves as an accessible guide to discourse analysis and pragmatics, making it suitable for both students and general readers interested in the intricacies of language and communication.
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Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances.
Ronald Wardhaugh explores many aspects of conversation, asking how conversations start, how we decide who will speak next, how we change the subject, and how we know when a conversation has finished.
How Conversation Works is the most accessible guide to discourse analysis and pragmatics yet written and will be read with profit and enjoyment by students and general readers alike.
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