How Conversation Works by Ronald Wardhaugh PAPERBACK 9780631139393

How Conversation Works\nby Ronald Wardhaugh\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ronald Wardhaugh\nTitle: How Conversation Works\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: general\nPublisher: Wiley\nPublication year: 1985\nISBN-13: 9780631139393\nISBN-10: 0631139397\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nConversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances.\n\nConversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of langua.