Introduction to Spoken Interaction An

Describes how conversation works, providing a systematic and exhaustive account of the structure of spoken discourse and the diverse strategies speakers use to have a conversation. It is illustrated throughout with excerpts from genuine conversation and contains numerous exercises with suggested answers based on conversations in the London-Lund Corpus of English Conversation. <p>Key to symbols<br>Preface<br>Acknowledgements<br><br>1. General Characteristics<br>2. Interactional structure<br>3. Interactional strategies <br>4. Conversation <br>5. Discourse and grammar <br><br>Answers to the exercises <br>Glossary <br>References <br>Index</p>