Conversation analysis : the study of talk-in-interaction / George Psathas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Psathas, George.

Series:

Qualitative research methods ; v. 35.

Qualitative research methods ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Physical Description:

vii, 85 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [1995]

Summary:

Conversation analysis has contributed enormously to the understanding of social life, social structure, the meaning ascribed by individuals to interaction, and the rules and structures of conversation. George Psathas' succinct introduction outlines its procedures and its major accomplishments, with discussions on verbal sequence, institutional constraints on interaction, and the deep structure of talk.

Contents:

1. The Study of Interaction 1

Conversation Analysis 2

Early Developments and Precedents 3

The Critique of Category Systems 8

Limitations of Goffman's Approach 10

Transcribing Interaction 11

2. Discovering Sequences in Interaction 13

Extended Sequences 21

3. Sequence and Structure in Interaction 27

Identification and Recognition in Telephone Conversation Openings 27

Turn-Taking Organization in Conversation 34

Compliments and Compliment Responses 39

4. The Methodological Perspective of Conversation Analysis 45

5. Talk and Social Structure 54

Calls to Emergency 58

Perspective Display Sequences 61.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-84).

ISBN:

0803957467

0803957475

OCLC:

31045048