Publications

Publication details [#27243]

Psathas, George. 1995. Conversation analysis: The study of talk-interaction. SAGE Publications. vii + 85 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | historical explanation | sociology | talk-in-interaction

Annotation

This book locates conversation analysis (CA) within its historical development and presents detailed comparisons of early conversation analysis and the research conducted by Bales, Gumperz, Dell Hymes and Goffman, thus distinguishing CA from other studies of interaction and emphasizing its sociological character.

Reviewed by

Boyd, Elizabeth A. and Andrew L. Roth. 1996. Review of $Conversation analysis: The study of talk-interaction.