conversation analysis

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(from George Psathas, Conversation Analysis, Sage 1995): the study of talk-in-interaction; it takes up the problem of studying social life in situ, examining naturally occurring activities in their concrete details. (Including greetings, closings, paired utterances, etc.) CA studies the order/organization/orderliness of social action. Social actions . . .are practical actions and are to be examined as ongoing practical accomplishments. CA originated in sociology, but is said to have implications for a variety of fields, including cognitive science.

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Last Edit Date: 9/15/99; 9:53:00 AM

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(from George Psathas, Conversation Analysis, Sage 1995): the study of talk-in-interaction; it takes up the problem of studying social life in situ, examining naturally occurring activities in their concrete details. (Including greetings, closings, paired utterances, etc.) CA studies the order/organization/orderliness of social action. Social actions . . .are practical actions and are to be examined as ongoing practical accomplishments. CA originated in sociology, but is said to have implications for a variety of fields, including cognitive science. Author:

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