The unfolding of gossip in casual conversations.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Teo, Li Min.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Discourse analysis
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54981
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The literature on gossip has mostly focused on its definitions, social functions and gender-related issues. Few studies have explored its structure using Conversational Analysis (CA). Eggins and Slade (1997), however, outlined obligatory and optional structural elements, with the former comprising t...