Analysing Casual Conversation - Suzanne Eggins
The discourse structure of casual conversation: negotiating support and confrontation
Analysing Casual Conversation - Suzanne Eggins
Suzanne Eggins [+]
University of Technology Sydney
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Diana Slade [+]
Australian National University
Diana Slade is Professor of Applied Linguistics, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. She is also Director of the ANU Institute of Communication in Health Care. Her major publications include Communicating in Hospital Emergency Departments (co-authored, Springer), Effective Communication in Clinical Handover: from Research to Practice (co-edited with S. Eggins and F. Geddes), and Analysing Casual Conversation (with S. Eggins, Equinox Publishing).
Description
5.1 Introduction; 5.2 From colleagues to friends; 5·3 Analysing interactivity: from grammar and semantics to discourse; 5·4 A functional-semantic interpretation of interaction; 5·5 Speech function classes in casual conversation; 5.6 Speech function coding; 5·7 Interpreting speech function analysis; 5.8 Conclusion