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CONTENTS (Conversation Analysis 101)

Contents

OVERVIEW

CONTENTS

Definition of Conversation

Analyzing Conversation

Discourse analysis

Conversation analysis

Adjacency Pairs

Turn Allocation

Rule 1: current speaker selects the next speaker

Rule 2: next speaker self-selects

Rule 3: current speaker MAY continue

Rule 4: recursive application of Rules 1-3

Overlapping Talk

Inadvertent overlap

Violative interruption

Resolving overlapping talk

Recycling

Silences              

Gaps

Lapses

Attributable silence

CA IN ACTION: AN EXAMPLE CA ANALYSIS

Step 1: Transcribe

Step 2: Determine structure

Step 3: Determine business

Step 4: Identify patterns

Step 5: Ask questions

Step 6: Answer questions

Question 1: Who speaks most?

Question 2: Function of minimal turns?

Question 3: Respondent role?

Step 7: Generate Theory

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Transcription Conventions

Appendix 2: Conversation Extract

Appendix 3: Exercises

Appendix 4: Answers to Exercises

SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES

Several articles (some derived from empirical research) employing conversation analysis (CA) techniques and procedures outlined in CONVERSATION ANALYSIS 101.

Anything on the Backchannel?

Are You Interested?

CA and the Organization of Turns

Distribution of Back Channel Tokens

Incipient Disinterest

Instructor Restatements

Saying it again!

Telephone Conversation

Using Personal Names in Conversation

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