Chapter 14. The grammar of conversation

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1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Abbreviations and symbols xxix
4. Preface xxxi
5. Symbols and notational conventions xxxiii
6. Section A. Introductory
7. Chapter 1. Introduction 3
8. Section B. Basic grammar
9. Chapter 2. Word and phrase grammar 51
10. Chapter 3. Clause grammar 123
11. Section C. Key word classes and their phrases
12. Chapter 4. Nouns, pronouns, and the simple noun phrase 231
13. Chapter 5. Verbs 355
14. Chapter 6. Variation in the verb phrase 449
15. Chapter 7. Adjectives and adverbs 501
16. Section D. More complex structures
17. Chapter 8. Complex noun phrases 567
18. Chapter 9. The form and function of complement clauses 651
19. Chapter 10. Adverbials 753
20. Section E. Grammar in a wider perspective
21. Chapter 11. Word order and related syntactic choices 887
22. Chapter 12. The grammatical marking of stance 957
23. Chapter 13. Lexical expressions in speech and writing 979
24. Chapter 14. The grammar of conversation 1031
25. Appendix. Contractions 1121
26. Notes 1133
27. Bibliography 1143
28. Lexical index 1159
29. Conceptual index 1189