Conversation Analysis : An Introduction - Jack Sidnell

Conversation Analysis

An Introduction

By: Jack Sidnell

Paperback | 16 April 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Combining the main findings, methods and analytic techniques of this central approach to language and social interaction, along with real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, <i>Conversation Analysis</i> is the ideal student guide to the field. <ul> <li>Introduces the main findings, methods and analytic techniques of conversation analysis (CA) &#8211; a growing interdisciplinary field exploring language and social interaction <li>Provides an engaging historical overview of the field, along with detailed coverage of the key findings in each area of CA and a guide to current research <li>Examines the way talk is composed, and how conversation structures highlight aspects of human behavior <li>Focuses on the most important domains of organization in conversation, including turn-taking, action sequencing, repair, stories, openings and closings, and the effect of context <li>Includes real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, making it an ideal guide for students navigating this growing field </ul>
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?Overall, I was very favorably impressed by Conversation Analysis: An Introduction . . . n its own terms, I particularly liked the straightforward, accessible style that Sidnell uses to discuss complex ideas and materials.?  (Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1 February 2013)

?To conclude, this introduction is a rich source of authentic examples and will serve interested students and scholars very well.?  (Discourse and Communication, 1 November 2012)

"The interdisciplinary research method and field of conversation analysis (CA) is remarkably well-suited to helping teachers achieve this objective, because CA provides tools that enable first the perception, and then the scientific description and analysis of regular patterns of human social conduct - patterns that organize, and make meaningful, the world of everyday life." (Language in Society, 2011)

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