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<p>face-to-face Conversation Between Two Or More People Is A Universal Form, And Perhaps The Basic Form, Of Social Interaction. It Is The Primary Site Of Social Interaction In All Cultures And The Place Where Social And Cultural Meaning Takes Shape. Face-to-face Conversation Between Children And Parents Can Also Be An Important Context For Social And Cognitive Development. Given The Universality, Frequency And Importance Of Conversation In Social Life, A Psychological Model Of Conversation Is Required For An Understanding Of The Central Issues In Social And Developmental Psychology. This Book Provides Such A Model.<br><em>language In Action</em> Presents A Critical Examination Of Four Models Of Conversation&#58; The Code Model Based On Chomsky's Linguistic Views; The Speech Act Model Of Austin And Searle; The Inferential Model Of Grice, And The Conversation Analytic Model Of Sacks And Schegloff. It Also Considers The Brown And Levinson Model Of Politeness In Conversation. Using Many Examples From Natural Talk And Drawing On The Positive Aspects Of The Reviewed Models, Turnbull Proposes A New Social Pragmatic Model Of Conversation As Social Interaction. He Also Describes The Researc

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Author

William Turnbull

Publisher

Routledge; Psychology Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780203377611

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Linguistics