Alan Firth

List of John Benjamins publications for which Alan Firth plays a role.

Title

Calling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines

Edited by Carolyn Baker, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 143] 2005. xviii, 352 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Firth, Alan 2022 EthnomethodologyHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 530–541 | Chapter
Emmison, Michael and Alan Firth 2012 Chapter 10. Requesting and receiving advice on the telephone: An analysis of telephone helplines in AustraliaAdvice in Discourse, Limberg, Holger and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 213–232 | Chapter
This chapter provides an overview of research which has been carried out on the social organization of advice-seeking and advice-giving on telephone helplines. The methodological orientation for these studies comes from Conversation Analysis (CA) and involves the detailed examination of transcripts… read more
Firth, Alan 2009 EthnomethodologyThe Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 66–78 | Article
Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth 2005 Calibrating for competence in calls to technical supportCalling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines, Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth (eds.), pp. 39–62 | Article
Firth, Alan, Michael Emmison and Carolyn Baker 2005 Calling for help: An introductionCalling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines, Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth (eds.), pp. 1–35 | Article
Firth, Alan 1995 EthnomethodologyHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 269–278 | Article