On some interactive discourse items in English telephone conversation
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Academica Karviniensia |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | telephone conversation - spoken interaction - interactive discourse items - discourse function - entire situational context |
| Description | The article compares three telephone and three face-to-face conversations while trying to contribute to the understanding of the role of some interactive discourse items in spoken English. The author concentrates on the clausal forms you know and you see and question tags as linguistic means capable of prompting some reaction from the listener. |