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From: sp299-ad@violet.berkeley.edu (Celso Alvarez)
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Subject: Re: transcripts of conversations
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Date: 6 Feb 90 07:20:33 GMT
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In article <814@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> acm@grendal.EBay.Sun.COM
(Andrew MacRae) writes:

>If someone is looking for transcripts of face to face conversations,
>you might consider using play scripts.  Granted, depending on the playwrite
>the conversations may be less than realistic, but many plays do mimic
>normal conversation fairly well.

I don't know what use play scripts could have for serious conversational
analysis.  Constructed discourse relies on perceptions and generalizations
about talk which may not be the real thing.

Celso Alvarez
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