Methods in Language and Social Interaction

Over the last fifty years a range of perspectives have developed that collectively represent the thriving international and interdisciplinary field of Language and Social Interaction. This field examines the role of language, along with other paraverbal phenomena, in performing social actions and constructing social and interpersonal relationships. This collection brings together for the first time classic studies and more recent investigations using key approaches such as pragmatics, speech act theory, discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Volumes 1 and 2 focus on the main methodological traditions, while Volumes 3 and 4 illustrate questions of the application of methods.

Volume 1: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics

Volume 2: Ethnography, Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis

Volume 3: Language, Interaction and Social Variables

Volume 4: Embodiment, Modality and ...

Editor's Introduction: The Foundations of Language and Social Interaction Research

IanHutchby

The topic of these four volumes is research in Language and Social Interaction (LSI). The volumes draw together, for the first time, key papers by leading figures in this thriving interdisciplinary field. The collection represents a unique resource that maps out major landmarks on the intellectual terrain of a research programme that has been in development for more than half a century, and that incorporates methods, theories and findings from a range of perspectives including pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. These perspectives in turn draw from a range of broader social science disciplines: linguistics, sociology, philosophy and anthropology. As it has grown, and as it continues to develop, the ...

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