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Book: Analysing Casual Conversation

Chapter: The grammar of casual conversation: enacting role relations

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.25498

Blurb:

3·1 Introduction; 3·2 Grammatical patterns in casual conversation; 3·3 Interacting patterns in casual talk; 3·4 Mood: constituents in casual conversation; 3·5 Mood types; 3.6 Polarity; 3·7 Yes/yeah and no/nope in casual conversation; 3.8 Modality; 3·9 Analysing for mood and modality; 3.10 Interpreting mood choices in text 3.1; 3·11 Mood in text 1.3: Dr Flannel; 3.12 Conclusion

Chapter Contributors

  • Suzanne Eggins (suzanne.eggins@uts.edu.au - textwork) 'Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Technology Sydney'
  • Diana Slade (diana.slade@uts.edu.au - dslade) 'University of Technology Sydney'