The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
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The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
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Suitable for upper level undergraduates, graduate level students and established scholars, this title covers a range of topics and disciplines, from reviewing underlying structures of conversation, to describing conversation analysis' relationship to anthropology, communication, linguistics, psychology, and sociology.
Presenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, The Handbook of Conversation Analysis brings together contributions by leading international experts to provide an invaluable information resource and reference for scholars of social interaction across the areas of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, interpersonal communication, discursive psychology, and sociolinguistics.
Ideal as an introduction to the field for upper-level undergraduates and as an in-depth review of the latest developments for graduate level students and established scholars.
Five sections outline the history and theory, methods, fundamental concepts, and core contexts in the study of conversation, as well as topics central to conversation analysis.
Written by international conversation analysis experts, the book covers a wide range of topics and disciplines, from reviewing underlying structures of conversation, to describing conversation analysis' relationship to anthropology, communication, linguistics, psychology, and sociology.
Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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Reviews praise the handbook as an essential, comprehensive resource and landmark for the field of conversation analysis. It is regarded as a must-have for students, researchers, and academics, providing excellent coverage of the subject's achievements over 45 years and serving as a brilliant teaching tool.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781444332087
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 October 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Jack Sidnell
- Edited by Tanya Stivers
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 43.0mm
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 1452g
Pages: 848
About the Author
Jack Sidnell is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Talk and Practical Epistemology: The Social Life of Knowledge in a Caribbean Community (2005), the editor of Conversation Analysis: Comparative Perspectives (2009) and the author of Conversation Analysis: An Introduction (2010). Tanya Stivers is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the author of Prescribing Under Pressure: Parent-Physician Conversations and Antibiotics (2007), and co-editor of Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives (with N. Enfield, 2007), and of The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation (with L. Mondada and J. Steensig, 2011).
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