Jack Sidnell

Conversation Analysis (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Combining the main findings, methods and analytic techniques of this central approach to language and social interaction, along with real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, Conversation Analysis is the ideal student guide to the field. * Introduces the main findings, methods and analytic techniques of conversation analysis (CA) - a growing interdisciplinary field exploring language and social interaction * Provides an engaging historical overview of the field, along with detailed coverage of the key findings in each area of CA and a guide to current research * Examines the way talk is composed, and how conversation structures highlight aspects of human behavior * Focuses on the most important domains of organization in conversation, including turn-taking, action sequencing, repair, stories, openings and closings, and the effect of context * Includes real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, making it an ideal guide for students navigating this growing field

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444317510
• Artikelnr.: 37345786

Autorenporträt

Jack Sidnell is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the structures and practices of talk and interaction in a range of settings. In addition to extensive research in the Caribbean, Sidnell has examined talk in court and among young children. He is the author Talk and Practical Epistemology: The Social Life of Knowledge in a Caribbean Community (2005) and the editor of Conversation Analysis: Comparative Perspectives (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements vii
Transcription Conventions ix
1 Talk 1
2 Methods 20
3 Turn-Taking 36
4 Action and Understanding 59
5 Preference 77
6 Sequence 95
7 Repair 110
8 Turn Construction 139
9 Stories 174
10 Openings and Closings 197
11 Topic 223
12 Context 245
13 Conclusion 258
References 271
Index 281

Rezensionen

"The interdisciplinary research method and field of conversation analysis (CA) is remarkably well-suited to helping teachers achieve this objective, because CA provides tools that enable first the perception, and then the scientific description and analysis of regular patterns of human social conduct - patterns that organize, and make meaningful, the world of everyday life." (Language in Society, 2011)

"Overall, I was very favorably impressed by Conversation Analysis: An Introduction . . . n its own terms, I particularly liked the straightforward, accessible style that Sidnell uses to discuss complex ideas and materials." (Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1 February 2013)

"To conclude, this introduction is a rich source of authentic examples and will serve interested students and scholars very well." (Discourse and Communication, 1 November 2012) "The interdisciplinary research method and field of conversation analysis (CA) is remarkably well-suited to helping teachers achieve this objective, because CA provides tools that enable first the perception, and then the scientific description and analysis of regular patterns of human social conduct - patterns that organize, and make meaningful, the world of everyday life." (Language in Society, 2011)