ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter I considered the influence of channel on the type of language produced, and one of the features of the spoken channel which was particularly salient was the high potential for interaction permitted by the dynamic, face-to-face context of production of most discourse in the aural/oral channel. This chapter takes this further, looking more closely at the nature of spoken interactions, and discussing how these ‘translate’ into the written form when writers seek to show characters interacting verbally on the page in a dialogue.1
