An Introduction to Conversation Analysis: Building Learning in Mathematics - Hardcover

Liddicoat, Anthony J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826491146 ISBN 13: 9780826491145

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2007

Synopsis

This introduction is designed to give an overview of conversation analysis. It begins by locating conversation analysis as a methodology amongst other methodologies, and describing conversation analysis as body of knowledge which reveals the ways in which language works in communication. The chapters introduce every aspect of conversation analysis in a logical, step-by-step examination, including coverage of transcription, turn-taking, sequence organisation, repair, and storytelling. Comprehensive and accessible, "An Introduction to Conversation Analysis" is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, sociology and applied linguistics courses.

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About the Author

Dr. Anthony J. Liddicoat is at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures Education, University of South Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826491146
• ISBN 13: 9780826491145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330