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Publication details [#7597]

Pietro, Robert J. Di. 1982. Strategic interaction from texts: Converting written discourse into spoken conversation. In Frawley, William, ed. Linguistics and literacy. Plenum Press. pp. 387–397.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | functions of language | oral vs. written

Annotation

It is shown how a written text that attempts to record spoken discourse reveals something about our knowledge of the functions of language in conversation, and how it can be reconstituted in speech as an aid in learning a foreign language.