This book explores the relationship between conversation analysis and applied linguistics, demonstrating how the analysis of institutional talk can contribute to professional practice. With a foreword by Paul Drew, the core of the collection deals with topics as diverse as speech therapy and retailing; radio journalism and cross-cultural training.
Notes on Editors and Contributors List of Illustrations and Tables Transcription Conventions Foreword: Applied Linguistics and Conversation Analysis; P.Drew Introduction; K.Richards PART 1: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY Autistic Children's Co-ordination of Gaze and Talk: Re-examining the 'Asocial' Autist; P.Dickerson, J.Rae, P.Stribling, K.Dautenhahn & I.Werry Co-Constructing Meaning in Acquired Speech Disorders: Word and Letter Repetition in the Construction of Turns; S.Bloch A Comparison of a Mother and a Therapist Working on Child Speech; H.Gardner PART 2: PROFESSIONAL DISCOURSE Talking an Institution Into Being: The Opening Sequence in General Practice Consultations; J.Gafaranga & N.Britten Would You Like To Do It Yourself? Service Requests and Their Non-Granting Responses; E.Vinkhuyzen & M.Szymanski Social Identity and Language Choice in Bilingual Service Talk; M.C.Torras University Students Resisting Academic Identity; B.Benwell & E.Stokoe PART 3: NATIVE SPEAKER AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKER INTERACTION Different Orientations to Grammatical Correctness; S.Kurhila Sidestepping Grammar; J.Wong Discrimination Due to Nonnative Speech Production? M.Egbert PART 4: LANGUAGE LEARNING The Organization of Off-task Talk in Second Language Classrooms; N.Markee Vowel-marking as an Interactional Resource in Japanese Novice ESL Conversation; D.Carroll Teaching Patterns of Interaction in English for Specific Purposes; A.Packett Conversation Analysis as Research Methodology; P.Seedhouse Bibliography Index
