Conversation analysis studies from the first generation (John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Conversation Analysis; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Epigraph; Harvey Sacks 1935-1975; Contents; Introductory remarks; Notes; References; Glossary of transcript symbols with an introduction; Part I. Taking turns speaking; An initial characterization of the organization of speaker turn-taking in conversation; A sketch of some orderly aspects of overlap in natural conversation; Part II. Implementing actions; Answering the phone; Investigating reported absences; "At first I thought"; Part III. Sequencing actions; Pre-announcement sequences in conversation; Collaborative turn sequences
This collection assembles early, yet previously unpublished research into the practices that organize conversational interaction by many of the central figures in the development and advancement of Conversation Analysis as a discipline. Using the methods of sequential analysis as first developed by Harvey Sacks, the authors produce detailed empirical accounts of talk in interaction that make fundamental contributions to our understanding of turntaking, action formation and sequence organization. One distinguishing feature of this collection is that each of the contributors worked directly with