This book develops a systematic model for the analysis and description of casual conversation in English, based on a large body of authentic data.

Over the last three decades there has been an ever-increasing interest in the analysis of spoken interaction. Work on casual conversation, which for a time was

This volume contains a collection of original studies in conversation analysis (C.A.) arranged and presented both to introduce the discipline to the newcomer an

Demonstrating how the methods and findings of conversation and discourse analysis may inform the development of empirical research questions, this text offers c

Written in readable, vivid, non-technical prose, this book, first published in 2007, presents the highly respected scholarly research that forms the foundation