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USING CONVERSATION TO MEAN:ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF CONVERSATION ANALYSIS (C.A.)
Yakubu M. Bello and Shehu U. Bello

ABSTRACT
As Paul Ten have (2007.1) remarked ïConversation Analysis (or CA) is a rather analytic edearvour,Í this paper sees the necessity of the readers to acquaint themselves to the detail of the technical tools traditionally used in analyzing spoken discourse. Much of the goal of CA defends on the knowledge of the structure of conversation and how interactants manage talks exchanges to accomplish their social goals. This is quite significant because the sole aim of the use of language boils down to accomplishing social goals.This paper attempts to highlight some of the techniques of analysing conversation with the aim of getting readers awareness to the fact that beneath the seemingly chaotic and disorderly nature that ordinary conversation displays there is indeed order; and that, study of language in use is a worthwhile aspect of the study of human language.


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