Publications

Publication details [#1890]

Burton, Deirdre. 1978. Towards an analysis of casual conversation. Nottingham Linguistic Circular 7 (2) : 131–164.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | discourse analysis

Person as a subject

Coulthard, R.M. | Sinclair, J.McH.

Annotation

Suggestions are made for adapting the apparatus described by Sinclair and Coulthard (1975: 'Towards an analysis of discourse') with the aim of developing a rigorous sociolinguistic description of casual conversation.