English Conversation (English)

Author: AMYB.M.TSUI
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: The author of this book uses naturally occurring speech in real environments as corpus to propose a framework for describing conversational utterances, conversational organization, and conversational development trends. The author also offers unique insights into the sequence of response patterns. Drawing inspiration from theories in related fields such as speech act theory, ethnography of communication, and discourse analysis, the author enhances their insight and analytical abilities, thereby proposing a set of rigorous theoretical and analytical methods that deepen the understanding of language. The research of the author contributes to advancing discourse description, language comprehension, and improving oral language teaching.