Conversation Analysis : Comparative Perspectives

Jack Sidnell

ISBN 10: 0521883717 / ISBN 13: 9780521883719

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - '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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conversation Analysis : Comparative Perspectives
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521883717
• ISBN 13: 9780521883719
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 31D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 892 grams

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Synopsis

'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.

Book 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. Through detailed analyses of recorded conversations, this book examines differences and similarities across a wide range of languages including Finnish, Japanese, Russian, and Mandarin.