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Skokut, Nina – IDEAL, 1993
The structure of televised conversations were compared with theoretical structures of such conversations, based on data drawn from commercial television soap operas. Results show that portions resemble naturally occurring speech as represented in theoretical frameworks, but others do not; implications for language teachers are noted. (17…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory
