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Publication details [#9701]

Ventola, Eija. 1980. Conversation management from a contrastive point of view. Jyväskylä Cross-Language Studies 5 : 109–144.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

casual speech | contrastive method | conversational organization | holding the floor

Annotation

The focus of the paper is a discussion of the roles held by interactants during casual conversation and how these roles change in relation to holding the floor, i.e. speaking.