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A groundbreaking collection by leading scholars that spans a broad
range of social situations, cultural contexts, and analytic
perspectives The contemporary landscape of discourse analysis-which
examines spoken, written, and multimodal communication-is so
diverse that, as volume contributor Deborah Tannen observes,
"discourse" has become almost synonymous with "language" and, for
many scholars, extends well beyond it. The ways in which we
communicate grow and change and so do approaches to discourse
analysis along with the diversity of topics, analytic contexts, and
disciplinary foundations. How do we conceptualize discourse? What
are the various approaches to studying it? And how can we put these
approaches into dialogue? Scholars within the field of linguistics
and beyond contribute to this volume with discourse analyses in
multiple languages, contexts, and modes. These snapshots show the
different ways language is used in modern social situations-from
email messages between professors and students, to Twitter
activism, to political trolling on online news articles, to
video-chats between US doctors and patients. Collectively, the
chapters highlight the diversity and complexity of the field.
Across these varied approaches, what emerges is a common
understanding of communication as fundamentally connected to human
agency and creativity and as embedded in and constitutive of our
social and cultural worlds. Approaches to Discourse Analysis
demonstrates the importance of the diverse perspectives that
various approaches to discourse bring to bear on human
communication. Linguists and other readers interested in the
interplay of language and culture will gain new insight and
understanding from this rich compilation.
A groundbreaking collection by leading scholars that spans a broad
range of social situations, cultural contexts, and analytic
perspectives The contemporary landscape of discourse analysis-which
examines spoken, written, and multimodal communication-is so
diverse that, as volume contributor Deborah Tannen observes,
"discourse" has become almost synonymous with "language" and, for
many scholars, extends well beyond it. The ways in which we
communicate grow and change and so do approaches to discourse
analysis along with the diversity of topics, analytic contexts, and
disciplinary foundations. How do we conceptualize discourse? What
are the various approaches to studying it? And how can we put these
approaches into dialogue? Scholars within the field of linguistics
and beyond contribute to this volume with discourse analyses in
multiple languages, contexts, and modes. These snapshots show the
different ways language is used in modern social situations-from
email messages between professors and students, to Twitter
activism, to political trolling on online news articles, to
video-chats between US doctors and patients. Collectively, the
chapters highlight the diversity and complexity of the field.
Across these varied approaches, what emerges is a common
understanding of communication as fundamentally connected to human
agency and creativity and as embedded in and constitutive of our
social and cultural worlds. Approaches to Discourse Analysis
demonstrates the importance of the diverse perspectives that
various approaches to discourse bring to bear on human
communication. Linguists and other readers interested in the
interplay of language and culture will gain new insight and
understanding from this rich compilation.
The third edition of this popular and established core textbook
provides an invaluable guide to 24 of the most influential thinkers
in Sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key
Sociological Thinkers provides a clear and contextualised
introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter
offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring
their lives, works and legacies, and in a much-valued 'Seeing
Things Differently' section authors demonstrate how each thinker's
ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways.
With frameworks for deep learning around group discussion, this
continues be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate
modules on sociological and social theory. New to this Edition: -
Four new chapters, on Mead, Du Bois, Latour and Alexander - Five
chapters by new authors on existing key thinkers: Durkheim, Merton,
Goffman, Bourdieu, and Giddens - A major new introduction - An
updated, structured and annotated 'Further Reading' section for
each thinker - Extended accounts of 13 additional thinkers who have
influenced, or been influenced by, the key thinkers Accompanying
online resources for this title can be found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/key-sociological-3e. These resources
are designed to support teaching and learning when using this
textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Those starting a science degree at university will want to get the
most out of their studies and do well. University is a big jump
from school, but this book will help new students to cope with the
transition. It will help the reader get the most out of lectures,
tutorials and practicals, show how to read effectively and how best
to work as part of a team. It explains how to use library
databases, find reliable web resources, avoid problems with
plagiarism, etc., etc. Discover the best learning strategies and
learn how to present work for maximum marks; find out the best
revision and exam techniques. Studying Science covers all of this
and more: How to study effectively at university and make the most
of teaching Making the best use of VLEs Presenting work well,
including using information technology Revision and examinations
Taking a year out The final year and preparation of first job
applications PLUS, it has a brand new appendix showing how to make
the most of the computer programs that will be used to prepare
essays, analyse data, and deliver presentations - with lots of
hints and tips for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
It's been more than fifty years since Harold Garfinkel created the
field of ethnomethodology—a discipline that offers a new way of
understanding how people make sense of their everyday world. Since
his book Studies in Ethnomethodology published in 1967, there has
been a substantial—although often subterranean—growth in
ethnomethodological (EM) work. Studies in and appreciation of
ethnomethodological work continue to grow, but the breadth and
penetration of his insights and inspiration for ongoing research
have yet to secure their full measure of recognition. This volume
celebrates Harold Garfinkel's enormous contributions to sociology
and conversation analysis, exploring how ethnomethodology emerged,
the empirical consequences of Garfinkel's work, and the significant
contemporary work that has resulted from it. Douglas W. Maynard and
John Heritage bring together experts from a wide range of
theoretical and empirical areas to create the first comprehensive
collection of work on EM that encompasses its role in "studies of
work," in Conversation Analysis, and in other subdisciplines.
Chapters highlight ethnomethodology's distinctive forms of
ethnographic inquiry and its influences on a host of substantive
domains including legal environments, science and technology,
workplace and organizational inquiries, survey research, social
problems and deviance, and disability and atypical interaction. The
book explains how EM especially helped to set the agenda for gender
studies, while also developing insights for inquiries into racial
and ethnic features of everyday life and experience. Still, there
is much of what Garfinkel called "unfinished business," which means
that ethnomethodological inquiries are continuing to intensify and
develop. Harold Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology ddresses this
unfinished business: not only drawing attention to past
accomplishments in the field, but also suggesting how these
accomplishments set the stage for future endeavors that will
benefit from EM-inspired approaches to social organization and
interaction.
This 2006 volume provides a comprehensive discussion of
communication between doctors and patients in primary care
consultations. It brings together a team of leading contributors
from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine to describe
each phase of the primary care consultation, identifying the
distinctive tasks, goals and activities that make up each phase of
primary care as social interaction. Using conversation analysis
techniques, the authors analyze the sequential unfolding of a
visit, and describe the dilemmas and conflicts faced by physicians
and patients as they work through each of these activities. The
result is a view of the medical encounter that takes the
perspective of both physicians and patients in a way that is both
rigorous and humane. Clear and comprehensive, this book will be
essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics,
communication studies, sociology, and medicine.
This 2006 volume provides a comprehensive discussion of
communication between doctors and patients in primary care
consultations. It brings together a team of leading contributors
from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine to describe
each phase of the primary care consultation, identifying the
distinctive tasks, goals and activities that make up each phase of
primary care as social interaction. Using conversation analysis
techniques, the authors analyze the sequential unfolding of a
visit, and describe the dilemmas and conflicts faced by physicians
and patients as they work through each of these activities. The
result is a view of the medical encounter that takes the
perspective of both physicians and patients in a way that is both
rigorous and humane. Clear and comprehensive, this book will be
essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics,
communication studies, sociology, and medicine.
The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political commentary. This book examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American broadcasting as well as its historical development in the United States and Britain. It discusses the fundamental norms and conventions that shape conduct in the modern interview, including the linguistic and interactional practices of journalists. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions lying beneath the surface of the nightly news.
Talk at Work is a major collection of studies of language and interaction in a wide variety of institutional and workplace settings, including doctor-patient consultations, legal hearings, mass media, job interviews, visits by health visitors, psychiatric interviews, and calls to emergency services. A theoretical overview of the distinctive contribution made by conversation analysis to our understanding of talk in institutional contexts is followed by reports of the contributors' original empirical research.
Few conversational topics can be as significant as our troubles in
life, whether everyday and commonplace, or more exceptional and
disturbing. In groundbreaking research conducted with John Lee at
the University of Manchester UK, Gail Jefferson turned the
microscope on how people talk about their troubles, not in any
professional or therapeutic setting, but in their ordinary
conversations with family and friends. Through recordings of
interactions in which people talk about problems they're having
with their children, concerns about their health, financial
problems, marital and relationship difficulties (their own or other
people's), examination failures, dramatic events such as burglaries
or a house fire and other such troubles, Jefferson explores the
interactional dynamics and complexities of introducing such topics,
of how speakers sustain and elaborate their descriptions and
accounts of their troubles, how participants align and affiliate
with one another, and finally manage to move away from such topics.
The studies Jefferson published out of that remarkable period of
research have been collected together in this volume. They are as
insightful and informative about how we talk about our troubles, as
they are innovative in the development and application of
Conversation Analysis. Gail Jefferson (1938-2008) was one of the
co-founders of Conversation Analysis (CA); through her early
collaboration with Harvey Sacks and in her subsequent research, she
laid the foundations for what has become an immensely important
interdisciplinary paradigm. She co-authored, with Harvey Sacks and
Emanuel Schegloff, two of the most highly cited articles ever
published in Language, on turn-taking and repair. These papers were
foundational, as was the transcription system that she developed
and that is used by conversation analysts world-wide. Her research
papers were a distinctive and original voice in the emerging
micro-analysis of interaction in everyday life.
The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political commentary. This book examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American broadcasting as well as its historical development in the United States and Britain. It discusses the fundamental norms and conventions that shape conduct in the modern interview, including the linguistic and interactional practices of journalists. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions lying beneath the surface of the nightly news.
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