Applied Conversation Analysis: Intervention and Change in Institutional Talk

Much of everyday work is done through talk between practitioner and client. Conversation Analysis is the close inspection of people's use of language in interaction. The work reported in this collection shows how CA can be used to identify, and improve, communicative practices at work.

PAUL DREW, University of York, York, UK MARIA EGBERT, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark W. M. FINLAY, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK JEREMY FREESE, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA JOHN HERITAGE, University of California at los Angeles, USA ANNIE IRVINE, University of York, York, UK CELIA KITZINGER, University of York, York, UK JOYCE LAMERICHS, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DOUGLAS W. MAYNARD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA ANSSI PERÄKYLÄ, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland JEFFREY D. ROBINSON, Portland State University, Oregon, USA ROY SAINSBURY, University of York, York, UK NORA CATE SCHAEFFER, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA ELIZABETH STOKOE, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK HEDWIG TE MOLDER, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands MERRAN TOERIEN, University of York, York, UK CHRIS WALTON, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK RAY WILKINSON, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK SUE WILKINSON, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK