Conversation analysis : comparative perspectives / edited by Jack Sidnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sidnell, Jack.

Series:

Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 27.

Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Conversation analysis--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

"Conversation analysis" is an approach to the study of social interaction that focuses on practices of speaking that recur across a range of contexts and settings. The early studies in this tradition were based on the analysis of English conversation. More recently, however, conversation analysts have begun to study talk in a broader range of communities around the world. Though detailed analyses of recorded conversations, this book examines differences and similarities across a wide range of languages including Finnish, Japanese, Tzeltal Mayan, Russian, and Mandarin. Bringing together interrelated methodological and analytic contributions, it explores topics such as the role of gaze in question-and-answer sequences, organization of repair, and the design of responses to assessments. The emerging comparative perspective demonstrates how the structure of talk is inflected by the local circumstances within which it operates.

Contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 Comparative perspectives in conversation analysis / Jack Sidnell 3

Part II Repair and beyond 29

2 Repetition in the initiation of repair / Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu 31

3 A cross-linguistic investigation of the site of initiation in same-turn self-repair / Barbara Fox, Fay Wouk, Makoto Hayashi, Steven Fincke, Liang Tao, Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Minna Laakso, Wilfrido Flores Hernandez 60

4 Repairing reference / Maria Egbert, Andrea Golato, Jeffrey D. Robinson 104

Part III Aspects of response 133

5 Projecting nonalignment in conversation / Anna Lindstrm̲ 135

6 Two answers to inapposite inquiries / Trine Heinemann 159

7 Gaze, questioning, and culture / Federico Rossano, Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson 187

8 Negotiating boundaries in talk / Makoto Hayashi, Kyung-Eun Yoon 250

Part IV Action formation and sequencing 279

9 Alternative responses to assessments / Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Auli Hakulinen 281

10 Language-specific resources in repair and assessments / Jack Sidnell 304

11 Implementing delayed actions / Galina B. Bolden 326

Part V Conclusion 355

12 One perspective on Conversation Analysis: Comparative Perspectives / Emanuel A. Schegloff 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521883719

0521883717

OCLC:

299718427