ISBN:
9781405185509
,
9781405185493
,
1444318136
,
9781444318135
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 312 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Language in society
Parallel Title:
Print version Talk in Action : Interactions, Identities, and Institutions
DDC:
302.3/46
Keywords:
Conversation analysis
;
Dialogue analysis
;
Diskursanalyse
;
Konversationsanalyse
Abstract:
Talk in Action examines the language, identity, and interaction of social institutions, introducing students to the research methodology of Conversation Analysis. Features a unique focus on real-world applications of CA by examining four institutional domains: calls to emergency numbers, doctor-patient interaction, courtroom trials, and mass communication, Provides a theoretical and methodological overview of the roots of CA, reviewing the main developments and findings of research on talk and social institutions conducted over the past 25 yearsShowcases the significance of this subject to every
Abstract:
Talk in Action examines the language, identity, and interaction of social institutions, introducing students to the research methodology of Conversation Analysis.Features a unique focus on real-world applications of CA by examining four institutional domains: calls to emergency numbers, doctor-patient interaction, courtroom trials, and mass communication,Provides a theoretical and methodological overview of the roots of CA, reviewing the main developments and findings of research on talk and social institutions conducted over the past 25 yearsShowcases the significance of this subject to every
Description / Table of Contents:
Talk in Action; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I Conversation Analysis and Social Institutions; 2 Conversation Analysis: Some Theoretical Background; 3 Talking Social Institutions into Being; 4 Dimensions of Institutional Talk; Part II Calls for Emergency Service; 5 Emergency Calls as Institutional Talk; 6 Gatekeeping and Entitlement to Emergency Service; 7 Emergency Calls under Stress; Part III Doctor-Patient Interaction; 8 Patients' Presentations of Medical Issues: The Doctor's Problem; 9 Patients' Presentations of Medical Issues: The Patient's Problem
Description / Table of Contents:
10 History Taking in Medicine:Questions and Answers11 Diagnosis and Treatment: Medical Authority and its Limits; Part IV Trials, Juries, and Dispute Resolution; 13 Jury Deliberations; 14 Informal Modes of Dispute Resolution; Part V News and Political Communication; 15 News Interview Turn Taking; 16 Question Design in the News Interview and Beyond; 17 Answers and Evasions; 18 Interaction en Masse: Audiences and Speeches; 19 Conclusion; Transcript Symbols; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9781444318135
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