Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis

Applying Conversation Analysis

Name: Applying Conversation Analysis
Author: Keith Richards
ISBN: 9780230554306

by Keith Richards (Editor), Paul Seedhouse (Editor), Paul Drew

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Overview

"The contributions to this collection, all written from the analytic perspective of CA, bring together experts from a range of professional fields in order to demonstrate how CA can make a significant contribution to professional practice." As well as appealing to researchers and students in applied linguistics and the social sciences, the book's practical orientation will also make it valuable to specialists in a range of fields, including speech therapy, health communication, retailing, journalism and language teaching. The combination of academic and analytic rigour with strong practical relevance makes the collection essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in professional talk.

Synopsis

This book explores the relationship between conversation analysis and applied linguistics, demonstrating how the analysis of institutional talk can directly contribute to the improvement of professional practice.

About the Author, Keith Richards

Keith Richards was formerly Director of the Language Studies Unit at Aston University and is now Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language Education at Warwick University. Paul Seedhouse is Postgraduate Research Co-ordinator and Director of the Integrated PhD in Educational and Applied Linguistics programme at the School of Education at the University of Newcastle.