Features Of Naturalness In Conversation (pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
by Martin Warren /
2006 / English / PDF
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The study describes a detailed and original piece of research work,
investigating a very important genre of human communication, and
that is conversation. It provides a definition of the genre of
conversation by describing nine features of conversation, namely
multiple sources, discourse coherence, language as doing,
co-operation, unfolding, open-endedness, artifacts, inexplicitness
and shared responsibility. These nine features of naturalness in
conversation serve to distinguish conversation from specialized
discourse types. The study illustrates the nine defining features
of conversation with authentic conversational data collected
surreptitiously in England. While this study is of native speakers
of English, the nine defining features of naturalness of English
conversation are applicable to conversations conducted in other
languages.
The study describes a detailed and original piece of research work,
investigating a very important genre of human communication, and
that is conversation. It provides a definition of the genre of
conversation by describing nine features of conversation, namely
multiple sources, discourse coherence, language as doing,
co-operation, unfolding, open-endedness, artifacts, inexplicitness
and shared responsibility. These nine features of naturalness in
conversation serve to distinguish conversation from specialized
discourse types. The study illustrates the nine defining features
of conversation with authentic conversational data collected
surreptitiously in England. While this study is of native speakers
of English, the nine defining features of naturalness of English
conversation are applicable to conversations conducted in other
languages.
