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As aptly put by Coulmas (1981: 1), conversation is a structured activity, and a large part of it consists of enacting routines. We greet and say goodbye to one another, we introduce ourselves, we thank and apologize, we make requests, we exchange good wishes, we give advice, we seek information, etc. – all of these are conducted within a range of conventionalized, pre-patterned expressions.
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