Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of

The aim of this volume is to show how conversation analysis can make a signigicant contribution to the teaching of spoken language for specific purposes and to

Research into the relationship between conversation analysis (CA) and different areas of applied linguistics is increasing rapidly. The aim of this volume is to

Conversation analysis is a methodology that originated over three decades ago as a sociolinguistic approach but has since been adopted by scholars in a variety

This collection assembles early, yet previously unpublished research into the practices that organize conversational interaction by many of the central figures