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Book: Analysing Casual Conversation

Chapter: The discourse structure of casual conversation: negotiating support and confrontation

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.25500

Blurb:

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

Chapter Contributors

  • Suzanne Eggins (suzanne.eggins@uts.edu.au - textwork) 'Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Technology Sydney'
  • Diana Slade (diana.slade@uts.edu.au - dslade) 'University of Technology Sydney'