Conversation Analysis

Module code: EN7249

This module provides an introduction to conversation analysis (CA), which is the study of talk in naturally occurring settings of everyday life. Topics covered include understanding talk as social action; data collection and transcription; and the identification of patterns and sequences in talk, through which participants engage in specific social activities. Throughout, the sessions also pay attention to the linkages between small scale details of talk-in-interaction and broader social phenomena, such as institutional discourse, asymmetry and power, and gender.