ordinary conversation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofordinaryandconversation
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ordinary
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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conversation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
(a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information ...
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(Definition ofordinaryandconversationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofordinary conversation
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They may not be used inordinaryconversation.
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On the sequential organization of troubles talk inordinaryconversation.
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Ordinaryconversationis viewed as the predominant medium of action in the social world.
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Identification of floor types also allows the analyst to observe how anordinaryconversationproceeds.
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Both narration and dialogues are employed, and the latter use the language ofordinaryconversation.
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Firstly, the systems of turn-taking and repair differ fromordinaryconversation.
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As inordinaryconversation, thoughts and feelings had to be exchanged continuously, even if another party was speaking.
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This turn-shape can be observed both inordinaryconversationand in institutional contexts when par ticipants per form unequivocal acceptances.
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Commentators have also questioned our downplaying of "other modeling" inordinaryconversationand our claims about the nature of the difference between monologue and dialogue.
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This article is the follow-up to the previous article on turn-taking, and it develops a similarly rigorous account of how repair works inordinaryconversation.
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But in terms of the characteristics ofordinaryconversation, spoken language reveals some wellestablished practices that we can exploit in designing user interfaces to robots.
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We may be generally reticent as to our uncles and aunts, and may drop even our brothers and sisters in ourordinaryconversation.
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Speakers normally take turns inordinaryconversation, and in doing so, overtly interact with each other to a greater extent than readers do with writers.
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It focuses exclusively on "work interactions" rather thanordinaryconversationmore generally, and it does so through the prism of the participants' role obligations and their institutional backgrounds.
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It may be that we use inordinaryconversationthe expression "raising taxes".
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People do not obtain information to the same extent from the press, from schools or fromordinaryconversation.
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We think that there is a difference between a person conducting anordinaryconversationand the organised distribution of pamphlets.
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Inordinaryconversationhe is given to emphasis, but today he certainly did not spare his adjectives.
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Some of the words which one uses in making public speeches or inordinaryconversationare highly charged with emotion.
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For example, a lecture is delivered in a different variety thanordinaryconversation.
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