World of English

In recent years, linguists like Biber (1999) and Carter and McCarthy (2006), proposed that everyday talk is far from being chaotic and disorganized. Discuss the structure and function of talk drawing on the works of Bakhtin (1986); Malinowski (1923); Austin (1962) and Bordieu (1992) to identify the rules guiding everyday talk. Illustrate using examples from the works of Schegloff and Sacks (1973) and Goffman (1967).