The Handbook of Conversation Analysis Other -
by Jack Sidnell (Editor); Tanya Stivers (Editor)
From the publisher
Presenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, The Handbook of Conversation Analysis brings together contributions by leading international experts to provide an invaluable information resource and reference for scholars of social interaction across the areas of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, interpersonal communication, discursive psychology and sociolinguistics.
- Ideal as an introduction to the field for upper level undergraduates and as an in-depth review of the latest developments for graduate level students and established scholars
- Five sections outline the history and theory, methods, fundamental concepts, and core contexts in the study of conversation, as well as topics central to conversation analysis
- Written by international conversation analysis experts, the book covers a wide range of topics and disciplines, from reviewing underlying structures of conversation, to describing conversation analysis' relationship to anthropology, communication, linguistics, psychology, and sociology
Details
- Title The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
- Author Jack Sidnell (Editor); Tanya Stivers (Editor)
- Binding Other
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN 9781118325001 / 1118325001
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.84 x 5.91 x 0.59 in (24.99 x 15.01 x 1.50 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012008291
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.346
About the author
Jack Sidnell is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Talk and Practical Epistemology: The Social Life of Knowledge in a Caribbean Community (2005), the editor of Conversation Analysis: Comparative Perspectives (2009) and the author of Conversation Analysis: An Introduction (2009).
Tanya Stivers is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the author of Prescribing Under Pressure: Parent-Physician Conversations and Antibiotics (2007), and co-editor of Person Reference in Interaction: Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives (with N. Enfield, 2007), and of The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation (with L. Mondada and J. Steensig, 2010).
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