Conflict Talk: Sociolinguistic Investigations of Arguments in Conversations

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Allen D. Grimshaw
CUP Archive, 19 apr 1990 - 356 pagina's
Studies of language use in social contexts have multiplied in recent decades, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the important area of conflict talk. The eleven studies in this volume fulfil this need, using analytic and interpretative perspectives to examine the disputes of adults and of children. Most of the studies are based on audio or sound-image records of naturally occurring discourse arising in a variety of contexts. These range from street to school, from courtroom to hospital, and from home to workplace. Allen Grimshaw has provided a short introductory chapter and extensive theoretical conclusion to the studies, which come from a variety of disciplines: the authors comprise anthropologists, linguists, sociologists, a lawyer and a psychologist. The book will appeal to researchers and advanced students in all of these areas, and also to counsellors, legal professionals and negotiators.
 

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learning to argue
21
variation in conflict talk among
67
Interstitial argument
85
The sequential organization of closing in verbal family conflict
118
how grownups do
139
the resolution
160
Rules versus relationships in small claims disputes
178
The judge as third party in American trialcourt conflict talk
197
how labor and management talk
210
Pinters
260
Conclusion
276
List of references
325
Name index
341
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