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Publication details [#1895]

Burton, Deirdre. 1982. Conversation pieces. In Carter, Ronald A. and Deirdre Burton, eds. Literary text and language study. E. Arnold. pp. 86–115.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

drama | language teaching | literary dialogue

Annotation

An analysis of transaction management (utterances by which interlocutors manage, control and organize their conversation) in drama dialogues, and an indication of how it could be useful in the classroom.