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Conversation Analysis

Authors

Rebecca Clift
, University of Essex
Published 2016

Description

We live our lives in conversation, building families, societies and civilisations. In over seven thousand languages across the world, the basic infrastructure by which we communicate remains the same. This is the first ever book-length linguistic introduction to conversation analysis (CA), the field that has done more than any other to illuminate the mechanics of interaction. Starting by locating CA by reference to a number of cognate disciplines investigating language in use, it provides an overview of the origins and…

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Key features

  • Provides data and reported research on a wide range of languages, allowing students from a range of linguistic backgrounds to access and relate to the material
  • Gives a detailed explanation of transcriptional methods, enabling students to conduct their own analysis
  • Assembles the various elements of interaction into a one-stop resource

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