Heritage / Clayman Talk in Action

Interactions, Identities, and Institutions
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-6017-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Language in Society

Talk in Action examines the language, identity, andinteraction of social institutions, introducing students to theresearch methodology of Conversation Analysis.
* Features a unique focus on real-world applications of CA byexamining four institutional domains: calls to emergency numbers,doctor-patient interaction, courtroom trials, and masscommunication,
* Provides a theoretical and methodological overview of the rootsof CA, reviewing the main developments and findings of research ontalk and social institutions conducted over the past 25 years
* Showcases the significance of this subject to everyday events,making it ideal for students coming to the field for the firsttime
* Written by two leading figures in the field of ConversationAnalysis

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heritage, John

Clayman, Steven

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 1
Part 1 Conversation Analysis and Social Institutions5
2 Conversation Analysis: Some Theoretical Background 7
3 Talking Social Institutions into Being 20
4 Dimensions of Institutional Talk 34
Part 2 Calls for Emergency Service 51
5 Emergency Calls as Institutional Talk 53
6 Gatekeeping and Entitlement to Emergency Service 69
7 Emergency Calls under Stress 87
Part 3 Doctor-Patient Interaction 101
8 Patients' Presentations of Medical Issues: TheDoctor's Problem 103
9 Patients' Presentations of Medical Issues: ThePatient's Problem 119
10 History Taking in Medicine: Questions and Answers 135
11 Diagnosis and Treatment: Medical Authority and Its Limits154
Part 4 Trials, Juries, and Dispute Resolution 171
12 Trial Examinations 173
13 Jury Deliberations 186
14 Informal Modes of Dispute Resolution 200
Part 5 News and Political Communication 213
15 News Interview Turn Taking 215
16 Question Design in the News Interview and Beyond 227
17 Answers and Evasions 245
18 Interaction en Masse: Audiences and Speeches 263
19 Conclusion 280
Transcript Symbols 283
References 288
Index of Names 304
Index of Subjects 309

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Clayman is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written extensively on topics relating to conversation analysis and is co-author, with John Heritage, of The News Interview: Journalists and Public Figures on the Air (2002).John Heritage is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology (1984) and Communication in Medical Care: Interaction between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (2006).