Includes bibliographical references and index.

Everyone and no one to turn to: intellectual roots and contexts for conversation analysis / Douglas W. Maynard -- The conversation analytic approach to data collection / Lorenza Mondada -- The conversation analytic approach to transcription / Alexa Hepburn and Galina B. Bolden -- Basic conversation analytic methods / Jack Sidnell -- Action formation and ascription / Stephen C. Levinson -- Turn design / Paul Drew -- Turn-constructional units and the transition-relevance place / Steven E. Clayman -- Turn allocation and turn sharing / Makoto Hayashi -- Sequence organization / Tanya Stivers -- Preference / Anita Pomerantz and John Heritage -- Repair / Celia Kitzinger -- Overall structural organization / Jeffrey D. Robinson -- Embodied action and organizational activity / Christian Heath and Paul Luff -- Gaze in conversation / Federico Rossano -- Emotion, affect and conversation / Johanna Ruusuvuori -- Affiliation in conversation / Anna Lindström and Marja-leena Sorjonen -- Epistemics in conversation / John Heritage -- Question design in conversation / Kaoru Hayano -- Response design in conversation / Seung-Hee Lee -- Reference in conversation / N.J. Enfield -- Phonetics and prosody in conversation / Gareth Walker -- Grammar in conversation / Harrie Mazeland -- Storytelling in conversation / Jenny Mandelbaum -- Interaction among children / Mardi Kidwell -- Conversation analysis and the study of atypical populations / Charles Antaki and Ray Wilkinson -- Conversation analysis in psychotherapy / Anssi Peräkylä -- Conversation analysis in medicine / Virginia Teas Gill and Felicia Roberts -- Conversation analysis in the classroom / Rod Gardner -- Conversation analysis in the courtroom / Martha Komter -- Conversation analysis in the news interview / Steven E. Clayman -- Conversation analysis and sociology / John Heritage and Tanya Stivers -- Conversation analysis and communication / Wayne A. Beach -- Conversation analysis and anthropology / Ignasi Clemente -- Conversation analysis and psychology / Jonathan Potter and Derek Edwards -- Conversation analysis and linguistics / Barbara A. Fox, Sandra A. Thompson, Cecilia E. Ford and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen.

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.

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