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The pragmatics of casual dialogue
The pragmatics of casual dialogue

Author(s): Jacek Warchala
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: casual dialogue; coherence; completeness; extralinguistic factors

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author presents the relationships of dialogue and then characterizes dialogue as a text. In dialogue’s characteristics, it is necessary to distinguish its units and both obligatory and optional elements. The author notes that a lively and spontaneous dialogue is dependent on various extralinguistic factors as well as accident.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-120
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English