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Telephone calls : unity and diversity in conversational structure across languages and cultures / edited by Kang Kwong Luke, Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou

Luke, Kang Kwong ; Paulidu, Theodosia,i1947-

Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 287 pages)

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 101

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-90-272-9622-1 ; 90-272-9622-7

Telephone conversation is one of the most common forms of communication in contemporary society. For the first time in human history, some people are spending as much time, if not more, talking on the telephone as they are on face-to-face conversations. The aims of this book are: to bring together in one volume research on telephone conversations in different languages, to compare and contrast people's methods of handling telephone conversational tasks in different communities, and to explore the relationship between telephone conversational practice and cultural settings. The papers are based.