Overview

""Language and Social Interaction"" (LSI) refers to both a subject matter and to a multidisciplinary confederation of research communities assembled and housed within the field of communication. This Handbook is intended to provide a scholarly resource about LSI's subject matter and research, as well as to give visibility and definition to this multidisciplinary confederation. It identifies the main subdisciplinary areas that are confederated in LSI and is arranged for different authoritative voices within each of those subfields to provide their respective views on their subfield's central concerns, its research program and main findings, and its present or emergent issues and directions. The five subfields are language pragmatics, conversation analysis, language and social psychology, discourse analysis, and the ethnography of communication. After reading all of the essays, LSI becomes more clearly defined and circumscribed for readers, and richer in the variety and depth of ways the intricacies of language and social interaction are being revealed. As such, this Handbook is intended for scholars, researchers, and graduate students in language and social interaction.

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Author:   Kristine L. Fitch ,  Robert E. Sanders
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Psychology Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.140kg
ISBN:  

9780805842401

ISBN 10:   0805842403
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   03 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. R.E. Sanders, Introduction: LSI as Subject Matter and as Multidisciplinary Confederation. Part I: Language Pragmatics. Preface to Part I: Language Pragmatics. F. Cooren, The Contribution of Speech Act Theory to the Analysis of Conversation: How Pre-Sequences Work. R.B. Arundale, Pragmatics, Conversational Implicature, and Conversation. Part II: Conversation Analysis. Preface to Part II: Conversation Analysis. P. Drew, Conversation Analysis. J. Heritage, Conversation Analysis and Institutional Talk. A. Pomerantz, J. Mandelbaum, Conversation Analytic Approaches to the Relevance and Uses of Relationship Categories in Interaction. Part III: Language and Social Psychology. Preface to Part III: Language and Social Psychology. J.B. Bavelas, The Two Solitudes: Reconciling Social Psychology and Language and Social Interaction. J.J. Bradac, H. Giles, Language and Social Psychology: Conceptual Niceties, Complexities, Curiosities, Monstrosities, and How It All Works. C. Gallois, S. McKay, J. Pittam, Intergroup Communication and Identity: Intercultural, Organizational, and Health Communication. Part IV: Discourse Analysis. Preface to Part IV: Discourse Analysis. D. Edwards, Discursive Psychology. S. Blum-Kulka, Rethinking Genre: Discursive Events as a Social Interactional Phenomenon. K. Tracy, Reconstructing Communicative Practices: Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis. Part V: Ethnography of Communication. Preface to Part V: Ethnography of Communication. W. Leeds-Hurwitz, Ethnography. G. Philipsen, L. Coutu, The Ethnography of Speaking. J. Streeck, S. Mehus, Microethnography: The Study of Practices. Part VI: Extensions of Technology. Preface to Part VI: Extensions of Technology. M. Aakhus, S. Jackson, Technology, Interaction, and Design. I. Hutchby, Conversation Analysis and the Study of Broadcast Talk. K.L. Fitch, Conclusion: Behind the Scenes of Language and Scholarly Interaction.

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The handbook provides a good examination of current issues in LSI....The sections are arranged in an order that reflects, from least to most, the relative importance each subfield attaches to factors beyond the content of talk itself. Recommended. -CHOICE

The handbook provides a good examination of current issues in LSI....The sections are arranged in an order that reflects, from least to most, the relative importance each subfield attaches to factors beyond the content of talk itself. Recommended. -CHOICE

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