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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.

Trade Review

"The editors of The Handbook of Conversation Analysis have been successful in compiling a tightly structured collection with chapters that are consistently lucid and comprehensive in their treatment of the 'core' concerns of Conversation Analysis.... The Handbook of Conversation Analysis shows Conversation Analysis's distinctive approach to language and social interaction to be much broader than some caricatures of the field would have us believe and, as such, it should appeal to sociolinguists of various types."
Susan Ehrlich, Journal of Sociolinguistics 20/2, 2016

"Taken as a whole, these 36 chapters are extremely useful as a resource for all students and researchers interested in CA. They offer an excellent inventory of what CA has achieved in the 45 years of its existence. In that sense the Handbook is a clear landmark for CA as a field, reconsidering the past as well as looking into the future." (Discourse Studies, 1 June 2014)

"This magnificent volume is essential reading for specialists and interested non-specialists alike. Above all, it will provide a brilliant teaching resource. With this Handbook, CA has come of age." (The Sociological Review, 21 October 2013)

"However, these minor criticisms aside, the book is a must-have resource for learning, teaching and conducting research in CA, and as such essential reading for both students and academics." (LINGUIST List, 15 July 2013)



Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xvi

1 Introduction 1

Tanya Stivers and Jack Sidnell

Part I Studying Social Interaction from a CA Perspective 9

2 Everyone and No One to Turn to: Intellectual Roots and Contexts for Conversation Analysis 11

Douglas W. Maynard

3 The Conversation Analytic Approach to Data Collection 32

Lorenza Mondada

4 The Conversation Analytic Approach to Transcription 57

Alexa Hepburn and Galina B. Bolden

5 Basic Conversation Analytic Methods 77

Jack Sidnell

Part II Fundamental Structures of Conversation 101

6 Action Formation and Ascription 103

Stephen C. Levinson

7 Turn Design 131

Paul Drew

8 Turn-Constructional Units and the Transition-Relevance Place 150

Steven E. Clayman

9 Turn Allocation and Turn Sharing 167

Makoto Hayashi

10 Sequence Organization 191

Tanya Stivers

11 Preference 210

Anita Pomerantz and John Heritage

12 Repair 229

Celia Kitzinger

13 Overall Structural Organization 257

Jeffrey D. Robinson

Part III Key Topics in CA 281

14 Embodied Action and Organizational Activity 283

Christian Heath and Paul Luff

15 Gaze in Conversation 308

Federico Rossano

16 Emotion, Affect and Conversation 330

Johanna Ruusuvuori

17 Affiliation in Conversation 350

Anna Lindström and Marja-Leena Sorjonen

18 Epistemics in Conversation 370

John Heritage

19 Question Design in Conversation 395

Kaoru Hayano

20 Response Design in Conversation 415

Seung-Hee Lee

21 Reference in Conversation 433

N. J. Enfield

22 Phonetics and Prosody in Conversation 455

Gareth Walker

23 Grammar in Conversation 475

Harrie Mazeland

24 Storytelling in Conversation 492

Jenny Mandelbaum

Part IV Key Contexts of Study in CA: Populations and Settings 509

25 Interaction among Children 511

Mardi Kidwell

26 Conversation Analysis and the Study of Atypical Populations 533

Charles Antaki and Ray Wilkinson

27 Conversation Analysis in Psychotherapy 551

Anssi Peräkylä

28 Conversation Analysis in Medicine 575

Virginia Teas Gill and Felicia Roberts

29 Conversation Analysis in the Classroom 593

Rod Gardner

30 Conversation Analysis in the Courtroom 612

Martha Komter

31 Conversation Analysis in the News Interview 630

Steven E. Clayman

Part V CA across the Disciplines 657

32 Conversation Analysis and Sociology 659

John Heritage and Tanya Stivers

33 Conversation Analysis and Communication 674

Wayne A. Beach

34 Conversation Analysis and Anthropology 688

Ignasi Clemente

35 Conversation Analysis and Psychology 701

Jonathan Potter and Derek Edwards

36 Conversation Analysis and Linguistics 726

Barbara A. Fox, Sandra A. Thompson, Cecilia E. Ford and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen

References 741

Names Index 812

Topic Index 815

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      Publication Date: 12/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9781444332087, 978-1444332087
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review

      "The editors of The Handbook of Conversation Analysis have been successful in compiling a tightly structured collection with chapters that are consistently lucid and comprehensive in their treatment of the 'core' concerns of Conversation Analysis.... The Handbook of Conversation Analysis shows Conversation Analysis's distinctive approach to language and social interaction to be much broader than some caricatures of the field would have us believe and, as such, it should appeal to sociolinguists of various types."
      Susan Ehrlich, Journal of Sociolinguistics 20/2, 2016

      "Taken as a whole, these 36 chapters are extremely useful as a resource for all students and researchers interested in CA. They offer an excellent inventory of what CA has achieved in the 45 years of its existence. In that sense the Handbook is a clear landmark for CA as a field, reconsidering the past as well as looking into the future." (Discourse Studies, 1 June 2014)

      "This magnificent volume is essential reading for specialists and interested non-specialists alike. Above all, it will provide a brilliant teaching resource. With this Handbook, CA has come of age." (The Sociological Review, 21 October 2013)

      "However, these minor criticisms aside, the book is a must-have resource for learning, teaching and conducting research in CA, and as such essential reading for both students and academics." (LINGUIST List, 15 July 2013)



      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors viii

      Acknowledgments xvi

      1 Introduction 1

      Tanya Stivers and Jack Sidnell

      Part I Studying Social Interaction from a CA Perspective 9

      2 Everyone and No One to Turn to: Intellectual Roots and Contexts for Conversation Analysis 11

      Douglas W. Maynard

      3 The Conversation Analytic Approach to Data Collection 32

      Lorenza Mondada

      4 The Conversation Analytic Approach to Transcription 57

      Alexa Hepburn and Galina B. Bolden

      5 Basic Conversation Analytic Methods 77

      Jack Sidnell

      Part II Fundamental Structures of Conversation 101

      6 Action Formation and Ascription 103

      Stephen C. Levinson

      7 Turn Design 131

      Paul Drew

      8 Turn-Constructional Units and the Transition-Relevance Place 150

      Steven E. Clayman

      9 Turn Allocation and Turn Sharing 167

      Makoto Hayashi

      10 Sequence Organization 191

      Tanya Stivers

      11 Preference 210

      Anita Pomerantz and John Heritage

      12 Repair 229

      Celia Kitzinger

      13 Overall Structural Organization 257

      Jeffrey D. Robinson

      Part III Key Topics in CA 281

      14 Embodied Action and Organizational Activity 283

      Christian Heath and Paul Luff

      15 Gaze in Conversation 308

      Federico Rossano

      16 Emotion, Affect and Conversation 330

      Johanna Ruusuvuori

      17 Affiliation in Conversation 350

      Anna Lindström and Marja-Leena Sorjonen

      18 Epistemics in Conversation 370

      John Heritage

      19 Question Design in Conversation 395

      Kaoru Hayano

      20 Response Design in Conversation 415

      Seung-Hee Lee

      21 Reference in Conversation 433

      N. J. Enfield

      22 Phonetics and Prosody in Conversation 455

      Gareth Walker

      23 Grammar in Conversation 475

      Harrie Mazeland

      24 Storytelling in Conversation 492

      Jenny Mandelbaum

      Part IV Key Contexts of Study in CA: Populations and Settings 509

      25 Interaction among Children 511

      Mardi Kidwell

      26 Conversation Analysis and the Study of Atypical Populations 533

      Charles Antaki and Ray Wilkinson

      27 Conversation Analysis in Psychotherapy 551

      Anssi Peräkylä

      28 Conversation Analysis in Medicine 575

      Virginia Teas Gill and Felicia Roberts

      29 Conversation Analysis in the Classroom 593

      Rod Gardner

      30 Conversation Analysis in the Courtroom 612

      Martha Komter

      31 Conversation Analysis in the News Interview 630

      Steven E. Clayman

      Part V CA across the Disciplines 657

      32 Conversation Analysis and Sociology 659

      John Heritage and Tanya Stivers

      33 Conversation Analysis and Communication 674

      Wayne A. Beach

      34 Conversation Analysis and Anthropology 688

      Ignasi Clemente

      35 Conversation Analysis and Psychology 701

      Jonathan Potter and Derek Edwards

      36 Conversation Analysis and Linguistics 726

      Barbara A. Fox, Sandra A. Thompson, Cecilia E. Ford and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen

      References 741

      Names Index 812

      Topic Index 815

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