Applying Conversation Analysis

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 brings together researchers from a wide range of applied areas: dealing with topics such as language impairment and speech therapy, medical general practice, retailing, cross-cultural training, radio journalism, higher education, and language teaching and learning.

KEITH RICHARDS was formerly Director of the Language Studies Unit at Aston University and is now Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language Education at Warwick University. He specializes in the analysis of professional interaction and qualitative research methods. He is author of Qualitative Inquiry in TESOL, also published by Palgrave Macmillan. PAUL SEEDHOUSE is Postgraduate Research Coordinator and Director of the Integrated PhD in Educational and Applied Linguistics program me at the School of Education at the University of Newcastle. He specializes in conversation analysis, applied linguistics, and research methods. He is the author of The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversational Analysis Perspective, published by Blackwell.