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Book SynopsisAnita Pomerantz is one of the pioneers of Conversation Analysis (CA), a field that has grown from a small and marginalized subfield into a significant, international, multidisciplinary field of inquiry. CA now enjoys widespread acceptance and appreciation, thanks in large part to Pomerantz''s contributions.Asking and Telling in Conversation collects Pomerantz''s most influential articles across the span of her career, focusing on the complexities of asking and telling something to another person. The actions of asking and telling may seem straightforward, but speakers deal with a number of complexities when they ask and tell. Pomerantz''s work focuses on the ways in which the performances of asking and telling are shaped by, and shape, the identities of the participants, the activities in which they are engaged, what was said and done prior to the actions in question, and the anticipated reactions to their talk and action. Each of the volume''s nine chapters is framed by original pieces by Pomerantz which discuss the significance and contribution of the article to current studies in CA. In addition to the new introductions and closing commentary for each work, this book includes full introductory and concluding chapters that draw out the connections across the author''s work. Pomerantz also shares her reflections on preference organization, which she first analyzed in her foundational research nearly fifty years ago. Bringing together seminal works of CA with contemporary analysis in the field, this book sheds new light on important questions-and answers-in communication studies. A collection of work from a foremost scholar, Asking and Telling in Conversation is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of Conversation Analysis.
Trade Reviewshowcases her remarkable contributions * Marat Shangxin Zheng, Language and Dialogue *
CA is naturally developing, growing, changing, but the work of Anita Pomerantz is as good a reminder as any of the core historical strengths of CA, its rigour, its empirical focus, its concern with what happens in conversation in the here-and-now. These are contributions that every budding scholar of CA should read. * Rod Gardner, Journal of Pragmatics *
Table of ContentsGlossary of Transcript Symbols Introduction Chapter One: "Agreeing and Disagreeing with Assessments" Chapter Two: "Compliment Responses" Commentary Chapter Three: "Offering a Candidate Answer" Commentary Chapter Four: "Telling My Side" Commentary Chapter Five: "Attributions of Responsibility" Commentary Chapter Six: "Investigating Reported Absences" Commentary Chapter Seven: "Extreme Case Formulations" Commentary Chapter Eight: "Giving a Source or Basis" Commentary Chapter Nine: "Inferring the Purpose of a Prior Query and Responding Accordingly" Commentary Chapter Ten: Concluding Remarks Index
