On the Language of Authentic English Conversation

Authors

URBANOVÁ Ludmila

Year of publication 2001
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Brno Studies in English
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Linguistics
Keywords spoken language;written language;speaker meaning; informal conversation; semantic indeterminacy
Description The article presents a description of authentic face-to-face conversation. A newly-formulated interpretation of the genre of informal conversation is proposed by the author of the article. The form, meaning and function of the genre are analysed and exemplified.

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