Conversation Analysis in a Literary Context. Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

Focusing on conversation analysis, this seminar paper explores its significance within pragmatics, emphasizing the necessity of examining utterances in the context of entire conversations. It highlights the interplay between pragmatics and discourse analysis, addressing themes such as power dynamics in institutional dialogues, feminist perspectives, and connections to literary studies. By analyzing language in use, the paper illustrates how these various fields converge around the study of communication and its implications.