What is it about?

The title of the book is self explaining: What role does lexis, or words of different kinds, play in the running of conversational exchange.

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Why is it important?

It is importnt to consider the value and import of words not asseparate items in avocabulay rranged in alphabetical order but as bullding blocks of mutual understanding in everydat, unplanned conversation.

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This page is a summary of: Syntax and Lexis in Conversation, September 2005, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/sidag.17.
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