| Conversation Analysis: An Introduction Contributor(s): Sidnell, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405159006 ISBN-13: 9781405159005 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $114.48 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 302.346 |
| LCCN: 2009026815 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (1.50 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Conversation analysis' is an approach to the study of social interaction that focuses on practices of speaking that recur across a range of contexts and settings. The early studies in this tradition were based on the analysis of English conversation. More recently, however, conversation analysts have begun to study talk in a broader range of communities around the world. Through detailed analyses of recorded conversations, this book examines differences and similarities across a wide range of languages including Finnish, Japanese, Tzeltal Mayan, Russian, and Mandarin. Bringing together interrelated methodological and analytic contributions, it explores topics such as the role of gaze in question-and-answer sequences, the organization of repair, and the design of responses to assessments. The emerging comparative perspective demonstrates how the structure of talk is inflected by the local circumstances within which it operates. |