Analysing Casual Conversation - Suzanne Eggins
Making meanings in everyday talk
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
1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The achievements of casual conversation; 1.3 The paradox of casual conversation; 1.4 Defining casual conversation: pragmatic vs. casual conversations; 1.5 Variation in casual conversation; 1.6 Outline of the book