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Publication details [#25377]

Torode, Brian, ed. 1989. Text and talk as social practice. Foris. xi + 188 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | discourse analysis | medical conversation | text

Annotation

This volume focuses on textual and conversational structures in spoken and written discourse, in particular in a broadly defined 'medical' setting. The main opposition in the volume is that between objective and critical discourse.

Reviewed by

Ellis, Donald G. 1992. Review of B.Torode (ed) (1989: `Text and talk as social practice').