{"product_id":"talk-and-social-structure-9780745612409","title":"Talk and Social Structure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalk and Social Structure is an up-to-date and provocative survey of current developments combining the complementary fields of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The book provides a distinctive debate that relates these innovative areas to important issues in the social sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Boden and Zimmerman's collection takes us to the forefront of exploration of this terrain.' \u003ci\u003eRandall Collins, University of California\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'This is a collection of powerful studies. It embraces the major and criterial debates in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis ... this volume contains studies which will stand as 'state of the art' in these debates - studies whose authors are leading international figures in the field.' \u003ci\u003eRod Watson, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A rich collection of empirical studies which not only make an important contribution to our understanding of language use and social interaction, but also illuminate some of the current debates between the so-called micro and macro approaches to the analysis of social action.' \u003ci\u003eChristian Heath, University of Surrey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An excellent overview ... one could not ask for a more provocative and exciting collection of papers on a problem that is central to the social scientific enterprise.' \u003ci\u003eDiscourse and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This is an excellent collection which attempts to explore fundamental features of social analyses.' \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Structure in Action: An Introduction: Don H. Zimmerman and Deirdre Boden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Current Debates:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Social Structure and the Sequential Organization of Interaction: Thomas P. Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reflections on Talk and Social Structure: Emanuel A. Schegloff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The School's Work of Sorting Students: Hugh Mehan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Talk and Institutions:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. On the Institutional Character of Institutional Talk: The Case of News Interviews: John Heritage and David Greatbatch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Talk and Institution: A Reconsideration of the 'Asymmetry' of Doctor-Patient Interaction: Paul Have.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Perspective-Display Sequences and the Delivery and Receipt of Diagnostic News: Douglas W. Maynard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Structure in Action:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Structure of Direction-Giving in Interaction: George Psathas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Hold the Phone: Robert Hopper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Opening Sequences in Dutch Telephone Conversations: Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Conversation-in-a-Series: Graham Button.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Transcription Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404340666711,"sku":"9780745612409","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745612409.jpg?v=1730486153","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talk-and-social-structure-9780745612409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}