Comment clauses and their function in English authentic face-to-face conversation
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| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Academica Karviniensia |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | authentic face-to-face conversation - comment clauses - syntactic type - orientation - turn position - discourse function |
| Description | The article concentrates on the analysis of five conversational texts and possible discourse functions of comment clauses. Based on several criteria, for example, syntactic type, orientation, turn position and above all the whole situational context, the author distinguishes several possible discourse functions of CCs in spoken English. |