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Book SynopsisTrade Review'Culture in Action' crystallizes an under-acknowledged tension among conversation analysts?This is a far more sophisticated and though-provoking collection than a scan of the index might suggest. -- Andrew Carlin, University College of Dublin, Ireland * Discourse Studies *
'Culture in Action' crystallizes an under-acknowledged tension among conversation analysts…This is a far more sophisticated and though-provoking collection than a scan of the index might suggest. -- Andrew Carlin, University College of Dublin, Ireland * Discourse Studies *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Membership Categorization Analysis: An Introduction Chapter 2 The Reflexive Constitution of Category, Predicate and Context in Two Settings Chapter 3 Some General Reflections on 'Categorization' and 'Sequence' in the Analysis of Conversation Chapter 4 Ticketing Rules: Categorization and Moral Ordering in a School Staff Meeting Chapter 5 Lies, Recollections and Categorical Judgments in Testimony Chapter 6 Narrative Intelligibility and Membership Categorization in a Television Commercial Chapter 7 Conclusion: Membership Categorization Analysis and Sociology