Conversation Analysis

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

Author: Jack Sidnell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 05/17/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781405159012
ISBN10: 1405159014
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Sociolinguistics

About the Author
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).