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Conversation is one of the most widespread uses of human language,
but what is actually happening when we interact this way? How is
conversation structured? How does it function? Answering these
questions and more, An Introduction to Conversation Analysis is an
essential overview of this topic for students in a wide range of
disciplines including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and
sociology. This is the only book you need to learn how to do
conversation analysis. Beginning by positioning conversation
analysis amongst other methodologies, this book explains the
advantages before guiding you step-by-step through how to do
conversation analysis and what it reveals about the ways language
works in communication. Chapters introduce every aspect of
conversation analysis logically and clearly, covering topics such
as transcription, turn-taking, sequence organisation, repair, and
storytelling. Now fully revised and expanded to take account of
recent developments, this third edition includes: - 3 new chapters,
covering action formation and epistemics, multimodality and spoken
interaction, and written conversation - New topics including online
and mobile technology, cross-cultural conversation and medical
discourse - A glossary of key terms, brand new exercises and
updated lists of further reading - A fully updated companion
website, featuring tutorials, audio and video files, and a range of
different exercises covering turn taking, organisation and repair
Drawing on the concept of resilient healthcare, this book explores
multimodally embedded everyday practices of healthcare
professionals in the UK and Japan, utilising novel technology, such
as eye-tracking glasses, to inform what constitutes good practice.
Providing an interdisciplinary examination of the theories and
rationales of resilient healthcare, the book engages with a range
of case studies from a variety of healthcare settings in the UK and
Japan and considers the application of advanced technologies for
visualising healthcare interactions and implementing virtual
healthcare simulation. In doing so, it showcases a number of
multimodal approaches and highlights the potential benefits of
multimodal and multidisciplinary approaches to healthcare
communication research for enhancing resilience in their local
contexts.
Investigating the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK, The Language of
Brexit explores the ways in which 'Brexit' campaigners utilised
language more persuasively than their 'Remain' counterparts.
Drawing parallels with effective political discourse used
worldwide, this book highlights the linguistic features of an
increasingly popular style of political campaigning. Concentrating
on the highly successful and emotive linguistic strategies employed
by the Brexit campaigners against the comparatively lacklustre
Remain camp, Buckledee makes a case for the contribution of
language towards the narrow 52-48% Brexit victory. Using primary
examples, what emerges is how urging people to have the courage to
make a bid for freedom naturally invokes more grandiloquent
language, powerful metaphors and rousing partisan tone than a
campaign which, on balance, argues that it's best to simply stick
with the status quo. Examining the huge amount of discourse
generated before, during and since the June 2016 EU Referendum, The
Language of Brexit looks into the role language played in the
democratic process and the influence and impact it had on electors,
leading to an unexpected result and uncertain future.
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