eBook - ePub
An Introduction to Interaction
Understanding Talk in the Workplace and Everyday Life
- 456 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
An Introduction to Interaction
Understanding Talk in the Workplace and Everyday Life
About this book
An engaging introduction to the study of spoken interaction, this book provides a thorough grounding in the theory and methodology of conversation analysis. It covers data collection, techniques for analysis and practical applications, and guides students through foundational and new research findings on everyday conversations and talk in institutional contexts, from media, business, and education to healthcare and law.
Now thoroughly updated to showcase contemporary developments in the field, this second edition includes:
· New chapters on interaction in psychotherapy, educational settings and language learning and teaching
· Expanded coverage of doctor-patient communications, customer service and business meetings workplace interviews and online interactions, including social media, video gaming and livestreams
· A wider variety of research on other languages, including French, German, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Arabic, Korean, Chinese and Japanese
· Multimodal analyses of interaction, focusing on the integration of embodied action and talk
Complete with student activities, recommended reading sections and a companion website featuring slides, quiz questions, and links to further transcripts, this book is an essential guide for doing conversation analysis and offers fresh insight into how we understand talk.
Now thoroughly updated to showcase contemporary developments in the field, this second edition includes:
· New chapters on interaction in psychotherapy, educational settings and language learning and teaching
· Expanded coverage of doctor-patient communications, customer service and business meetings workplace interviews and online interactions, including social media, video gaming and livestreams
· A wider variety of research on other languages, including French, German, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Arabic, Korean, Chinese and Japanese
· Multimodal analyses of interaction, focusing on the integration of embodied action and talk
Complete with student activities, recommended reading sections and a companion website featuring slides, quiz questions, and links to further transcripts, this book is an essential guide for doing conversation analysis and offers fresh insight into how we understand talk.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory, Method, and Data for Conversation Analysis
- Part II How Talk Works: The Social Organization of Human Action
- Part III Technologically Mediated Interaction: Work Done through and with Technology
- Part IV Talk in Medical Settings
- Part V Education and Foreign Language Learning
- Part VI Talk in Legal Settings
- Part VII Talk in Broadcast and Online Media
- Part VIII Talk in Business Settings
- References
- Index
- Imprint