Everyday Conversation (Interpersonal Communication Texts)

By Nofsinger, Robert E. Nofsinger, Robert E. and Robert E. Nofsinger

Book Overview

We do it every day, usually with many different people. It directly affects put lives. Society itself is based on it. "It" is conversation. Written from a conversational analysis approach, Everyday Conversation examines what makes conversation work -- and work so well. Nofsinger begins by explaining basics of conversation (such as what makes an utterance an act) as it relates to pragmatics and speech act theory. He continues with an examination of conversational actions organized into sequences and the relationship of the sequences themselves. Turn taking practices, ways of correcting misunderstandings, and arguments and stories as extensions of ordinary conversational patterns complete this exploration of the conversation process. Designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students and replete with examples. Everyday Conversation fills a special niche in the literature on the basic process of interpersonal communication.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080393310X
• ISBN13: 9780803933101
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"