Overview
This book is a collection of studies of corrections and repair in conversation, by Gail Jefferson, co-founder of the field of Conversation Analysis and one of its foremost researchers. Throughout her career, Jefferson explored the almost hidden, subterranean world of the seemingly minor errors and mistakes that people make in interaction. Speech errors sometimes have an ideological significance (e.g. a defendant apparently about to refer to the police as ""cops"" but cutting off just in time to correct that to ""officer""). Despite the virtual invisibility of these errors, such problematic moments in interaction bring into play ways of remedying and correcting errors that can have profound significance for the participants. Through these studies Jefferson reveals the delicacy, the subtlety with which moments of communication difficulties and possible miscommunications are remedied, in such a way as to minimize the damage that might otherwise be caused to the interaction.This collection represents the most distinctive, sustained, and incisive exploration of what speakers are ""up to"" in episodes when they correct errors in their own and one another's speech. Combining rigorous technical analysis, extraordinary methodological innovation, and acute observation, Jefferson explored what she herself referred to as the ""wild side of Conversation Analysis."" The coherence and depth of her research is revealed in these studies, which include four previously unpublished papers, as well as others that were published variously in less widely-distributed journals and publications. In the volume's introduction, editors Jörg Bergmann and Paul Drew provide an appraisal, for the first time, of the significance of Jefferson's stunningly inventive research into errors and their correction in conversation.
Full Product Details
Author: Paul Drew ,
Jorg R. Bergmann (Retired Professor of Sociology, Retired Professor of Sociology, Bielefeld University) ,
Gail Jefferson
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.640kg
ISBN: 9780190697969
ISBN 10: 0190697962
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 28 December 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Gail Jefferson was a tremendous scholar and a unique mentor, driven by her passion for the extraordinary complexity and intricacy of human interaction. By bringing together her articles on repair and correction, this book recognizes her masterful contribution to the study of the orderly details of talk and endless contingencies of action. -Lorenza Mondada, Professor of Linguistics, University of Basel Over a period of more than thirty-five years Gail Jefferson was an incomparable innovator in the field of repair. This superb collection, including several previously unpublished papers, captures the entire span of that innovation. Indispensable! -John Heritage, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Author Information
Gail Jefferson was one of the founders of the field of Conversation Analysis (CA), known for her innovative methods and notational conventions for transcribing talk. Jörg Bergmann held positions at various universities in Germany until 2012 when he retired as a full professor of sociology at Bielefeld University. He was one the first scholars to introduce ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to German sociology. Paul Drew has taught and conducted research in conversation analysis for many years, at the University of York and most recently at Loughborough University, where he is Professor of Conversation Analysis. He has had a number of visiting positions in Europe and the U.S. including most recently at the University of Huddersfield (UK) and Shanxi University, China.
