Interest in transcript-based research has grown significantly in recent years. Alongside this growth has been an increase in awareness of the empirical utility

How can we capture the words, gestures and conduct of study participants? How do we transcribe what happens in social interactions in analytically useful ways?

This is the book for introducing and getting to grips with conversation analysis. Accessible, comprehensive and very applied. - Steven Wright, Lancaster Univers

The first volume to focus on the practices, processes, and uses of action ascription in social interaction in different languages.

Focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA), this timely book offers practical insights and guidelines for CA scholars studying social interactions in instit