Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom, 3. Basis for the Description of Discourse as Interactive Process, 4. On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction, 5. Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk, 6. On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots, 7. Building Up Interactional Episodes, 8. Types of Talk in The Global Classroom, 9. The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items, 10. Conclusion.

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Provides a pedagogic interactional grammar of English for teachers, as well as learners and experts of pragmatics and applied linguistics.

About the Author

Willis Edmondson was Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hamburg University. His research interests included language teaching and learning, English studies and pragmatics. He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley). Juliane House is Professor Emerita at Hamburg University and Professor at the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics. She is also Distinguished University Professor at Hellenic American University. Juliane is Past President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. Dániel Kádár is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (M.A.E.). He is Professor and Director of Research Centre at Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Research Professor at the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.