The Language of Mediums and Psychics

Politics & Social Sciences

Wooffitt, Robin

Sociology

Routledge

Humans, Computers and Wizards

Using data taken from a major European Union funded project on speech understanding, the SunDial project, this book considers current perspectives on human computer interaction and argues for the value of an approach taken from sociology which is based on conversation analysis.

Humans, Computers and Wizards: Human (Simulated) Computer Interaction

Computers & Technology

Gilbert, Nigel

Fraser, Norman

McGlashan, Scott

Computer Science

Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the role of talk in wider social processes? Conversation analysis has developed over the past thirty years as a key method for studying social interaction and language use. Its unique perspective and systematic methods make it attractive to a multidisciplinary audience. Yet while much has been written about the field, little of this is designed to be accessible to the undergraduate student encountering this area for the first time. In this book Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt offer the first wide-ranging, accessible introduction to the field. The book offers a basic grounding in the theory and methods of conversation analysis and demonstrates its usefulness by analysing a variety of concrete examples. With an emphasis on practical demonstrations, they show how it addresses key questions in social science and in other professional fields such as human-computer interaction, political communication and speech therapy. Conversation Analysis is written in a lively, engaging and jargon-free style, and will be indispensable reading for undergraduates and their teachers on courses in sociology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, social psychology, communication studies and anthropology.

Hutchby, Ian

Social Sciences

Polity

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the role of talk in wider social processes? Conversation analysis has developed over the past thirty years as a key method for studying social interaction and language use. Its unique perspective and systematic methods make it attractive to a multidisciplinary audience. Yet while much has been written about the field, little of this is designed to be accessible to the undergraduate student encountering this area for the first time. 
In this book Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt offer the first wide-ranging, accessible introduction to the field. The book offers a basic grounding in the theory and methods of conversation analysis and demonstrates its usefulness by analysing a variety of concrete examples. With an emphasis on practical demonstrations, they show how it addresses key questions in social science and in other professional fields such as human-computer interaction, political communication and speech therapy. Conversation Analysis is written in a lively, engaging and jargon-free style, and will be indispensable reading for undergraduates and their teachers on courses in sociology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, social psychology, communication studies and anthropology.

Conversation Analysis

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talkorganized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? Andwhat is the role of talk in wider social processes? ConversationAnalysis has developed over the past forty years as a key methodfor studying social interaction and language use. Its uniqueperspective and systematic methods make it attractive to aninterdisciplinary audience.In this second edition of their highly acclaimed introduction,Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt offer a wide-ranging and accessibleoverview of key issues in the field. The second edition has beensubstantially revised to incorporate recent developments, includingan entirely new final chapter exploring the contribution ofConversation Analysis to key issues in social science. The bookprovides a grounding in the theory and methods of ConversationAnalysis, and demonstrates its procedures by analyzing a variety ofconcrete examples.Written in a lively and engaging style, ConversationAnalysis has become indispensable reading for students andresearchers in sociology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics,social psychology, communication studies and anthropology.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the role of talk in wider social processes? Conversation Analysis has developed over the past forty years as a key method for studying social interaction and language use. Its unique perspective and systematic methods make it attractive to an interdisciplinary audience. In this second edition of their highly acclaimed introduction, Ian Hutchby and Robin Wooffitt offer a wide-ranging and accessible overview of key issues in the field. The second edition has been substantially revised to incorporate recent developments, including an entirely new final chapter exploring the contribution of Conversation Analysis to key issues in social science. The book provides a grounding in the theory and methods of Conversation Analysis, and demonstrates its procedures by analyzing a variety of concrete examples. Written in a lively and engaging style, Conversation Analysis has become indispensable reading for students and researchers in sociology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, social psychology, communication studies and anthropology.

Every week thousands of people in Europe and the USA consult psychic practitioners. Communication is crucial to the performance of psychic powers in a range of settings. Psychic practitioners use language to demonstrate their powers, whether they are reporting the words of their spirit contacts or interpreting the spread of Tarot cards. Their clients also accept or reject this information through talk. This book presents the first sustained study of the verbal interaction between the various kinds of psychic practitioners and their clients. Using conversation analysis, Robin Wooffitt examines the structure of the interaction, focusing on the ways in which psychic practitioners and their clients establish the authenticity of the claimed paranormal powers. Adopting a neutral standpoint towards the status of the claims of psychic practitioners, the book raises important issues about the role of social science in understanding the activities of psychic practitioners and other kinds of parapsychological phenomena. This highly original study will appeal to students and scholars of discourse studies, and to sociologists interested in conversation analysis. It is written in a style accessible to non-specialists, and will also interest parapsychologists and social scientists studying psychic phenomena and the paranormal.

Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis: A Comparative and Critical Introduction

`There is no doubt that conversation analysis (CA) is an impressive and valuable approach to studying discourse, and Wooffitt does an excellent job of demonstrating its analytical sophistication and rigour′ - European Journal of Communication 
`This is an excellent book: clear, engaging and authoritative. It treads a path through the many confusions and provides a map of the fields of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis and discursive psychology which is better than any currently available. It will be a valuable resource in teaching′ - Professor Jonathan Potter, Loughborough University
`An excellent exposition: concepts are explained and put into context, and the reader is guided from introductory to advanced levls of discussion. Wooffitt sets out and answers the kinds of questions typically raised by students and others about relations and differences between discourse and conversation analysis… engaging and useful′ - Professor Derek Edwards, Loughborough University
This significant text by Robin Wooffitt is the first to systematically examine the complex relationship between conversation analysis and discourse analysis. It comes at a timely moment: despite the close connection between the two forms of analyses in academic research, no other existing text explains these links methodically, comprehensively and for the benefit of undergraduate and master′s students.
Key features of this text:
- It takes students from first principles up to more advanced debates, and is therefore suitable for under grad and MA/PhD students.
- Careful illustration of methodological approaches through detailed analysis of data. 
- Clarity of writing; lengthy chapter summaries; further readings; glossary of CA/DA terminology as an appendix.
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis shows how the methods and findings of conversation and discourse analysis may inform the development of empirical research questions. It will therefore be an invaluable resource for social science students on courses which require them to undertake practical or empirical exercises.

Sage Publications Ltd.

The authors argue it is essential to examine the linguistic and communicative practices that are used in the production of introspective data, and thereby make an important contribution to debates about how we may study experience that are relevant to a wide range of disciplines. The book has three objectives. It offers an account of the way in which contemporary researchers are employing introspection methodologies; it argues for the importance of viewing introspective data as discourse, and illustrates this via discussion of research findings in four substantive chapters; and it outlines new directions for research and theorising on introspection and consciousness which will have implications for a range of psychological and social science disciplines.

Looking in and Speaking Out: Introspection, Consciousness, Communication

Reference

Holt, Nicola

Words, Language & Grammar

Imprint Academic

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The Language of Mediums and Psychics

Humans, Computers and Wizards: Human (Simulated) Computer Interaction

Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications

Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications

Conversation Analysis

Conversation Analysis

The Language of Mediums and Psychics

Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis: A Comparative and Critical Introduction

Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis: A Comparative and Critical Introduction

Looking in and Speaking Out: Introspection, Consciousness, Communication