Jack Sidnell

Conversation Analysis

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combining the main findings, methods and analytic techniques ofthis central approach to language and social interaction, alongwith real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, Conversation Analysis is the ideal student guide to thefield.

Introduces the main findings, methods and analytic techniquesof conversation analysis (CA) - a growing interdisciplinaryfield exploring language and social interaction
Provides an engaging historical overview of the field, alongwith detailed coverage of the key findings in each area of CA and aguide to current research
Examines the way talk is composed, and how conversationstructures highlight aspects of human behavior
Focuses on the most important domains of organization inconversation, 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 growingfield

Produktdetails

• Language in Society
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 5. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781405159012
• ISBN-10: 1405159014
• Artikelnr.: 27546768

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

1. Talk and Social Life. 2. Methods in Conversation Analysis. 3. Taking
Turns. 4. Action and Understanding. 5. Preference. 6. Sequence. 7. Repair.
8. Turn construction and design. 9. Stories. 10. Openings and Closings. 11.
Topic. 12. Context. 13. Conclusion. REFERENCES.

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)