Diana M. Slade

List of John Benjamins publications in which Diana M. Slade is involved.

Articles

Clyne, Michael and Diana M. Slade 1994 Spoken discourse studies in Australia Spoken Interaction Studies in Australia, Gardner, Rod (ed.), pp. 1–20 | Article

The following brief survey attempts to discuss the scope, research bases, methodologies, outcomes and applications of studies of spoken discourse in Australia. The survey is not exhaustive but aims to capture the diversity of research work being carried out in different areas of spoken discourse… read more

Slade, Diana M. 1994 >Gossip: Two complementary perspectives on the analysis of casual conversation in English Spoken Interaction Studies in Australia, Gardner, Rod (ed.), pp. 47–82 | Article

This paper argues that the linguistic analysis of gossip reveals not only a great deal about the social role and function of gossip in our society and is therefore important to social theory, but that an analysis of the language of gossip can provide insights into the analysis of casual… read more

Slade, Diana M. and Roderick J. Gardner 1985 Interactional skills in casual conversation: Discourse Analysis and the teaching of conversational skills to adult ESL learners Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 8:1, pp. 105–120 | Article