adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
conversational (= informal and friendly )
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I tried to keep my tone pleasant and conversational.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
data
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My chairman knows more than anyone how difficult it is to obtain good quality samples of natural conversational data .
discourse
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There are two points worth noting about this fragment of conversational discourse .
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There are informal ways of expressing the topic, even in conversational discourse .
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So, it is a myth that conversational discourse is inevitably symmetrical.
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How does the discourse analyst decide which discourse subjects to include in the presupposition pool for a particular piece of conversational discourse?
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Our argument for the importance of considering individual speaker's topics in conversational discourse would consequently be weaker.
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We shall examine an extract from conversational discourse containing a longish paratone which illustrates the features just described.
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There is an assumption that conversational discourse is symmetrical and logical.
speech
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In conversational speech the two-way element is crucial.
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That use of the passive in written language which allows non-attribution of agency is typically absent from conversational speech .
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It is a way of thinking and expressing oneself in language that is radically different from conversational speech .
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For beginners it is best to start on slow, careful speech , such as that of newsreaders, before attempting conversational speech.
style
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Its tragic revelations are presented in a quiet, conversational style which hides deep emotions.
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He describes in conversational style the ups and downs of his long career.
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Another inspector I know had problems with an innocuous piece written in a mildly conversational style .
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As we shall see in Chapter 4, its ideas are echoed in many studies of women's preferred conversational style .
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Gone were the carefree, witty passages written in the first person, the conversational style , the caustic bitter comments.
tone
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He can move deftly from an almost conversational tone to a whisper.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a class in conversational Spanish.
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McGovern lectures in a conversational style.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But what is the source of these maxims of conversational behaviour?
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Discontent in women interested him; it gave him a conversational opening, a place to plant his seeds of compassion.
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Having noted this, the figures for Anderson's turn-length are worth examining as evidence of change in his conversational behaviour.
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It is this kind of inference that Grice dubs an implicature, or more properly a conversational implicature.
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Its tragic revelations are presented in a quiet, conversational style which hides deep emotions.
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She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out.
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Some software is therefore designed to run in conversational mode.
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There are few conversational gambits in discussions or meetings.