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Providing a pedagogic interactional grammar of English, this book is designed for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language and textbook writers, as well as scholars of pragmatics and applied linguistics. It offers a rigorous system for capturing language use in English in a highly accessible manner.

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1. Introduction, 2. Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom, 3. Basis for the Description of Discourse as Interactive Process, 4. On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction, 5. Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk, 6. On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots, 7. Building Up Interactional Episodes, 8. Types of Talk in The Global Classroom, 9. The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items, 10. Conclusion.

Expressions Speech Acts and Discourse

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108949590, 978-1108949590
      ISBN10: 1108949592
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Providing a pedagogic interactional grammar of English, this book is designed for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language and textbook writers, as well as scholars of pragmatics and applied linguistics. It offers a rigorous system for capturing language use in English in a highly accessible manner.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction, 2. Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom, 3. Basis for the Description of Discourse as Interactive Process, 4. On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction, 5. Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk, 6. On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots, 7. Building Up Interactional Episodes, 8. Types of Talk in The Global Classroom, 9. The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items, 10. Conclusion.

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