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The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
Jack Sidnell
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Description for The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Stivers, Tanya; Sidnell, Jack. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 844 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1580.
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.
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 ... Read more
- 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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
844
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781444332087
SKU
V9781444332087
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About Jack Sidnell
Jack Sidnell is an 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 (2010). Tanya Stivers is Associate Professor of Sociology at ... Read more
Reviews for The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
"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 ... Read more