Studies in Language and Social Interaction: In Honor of Robert Hopper (Routledge Communication Series)

This collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world's leading researchers and cut across academic boundaries, engaging scholars and teachers from such disciplines as communication, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and education. Chapters emphasize empirical, qualitative studies of people's everyday uses of talk-in-interaction, and they feature work in such areas as sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and ethnography. The volume is dedicated to and highlights themes in the work of the late Robert Hopper, an outstanding scholar in communication who pioneered research in Language and Social Interaction (LSI). The contributors examine various features of human interaction (such as laughter, vocal repetition, and hand gestures) occurring naturally within a variety of settings (at a dinner table, a doctor's office, an automotive repair shop, and so forth), whereby interlocutors accomplish aspects of their interpersonal or institutional lives (resolve a disagreement, report bad medical news, negotiate a raise, and more), all of which may relate to larger social issues (including police brutality, human spirituality, death, and optimism). The chapters in this anthology show that social life is largely a communicative accomplishment and that people constitute the social realities experienced every day through small and subtle ways of communicating, carefully orchestrated but commonly taken for granted. In showcasing the diversity of contemporary LSI research, this volume is appropriate for scholars and graduate students in language and social interaction, communication, sociology, research methods, qualitative research methods, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, linguistics, and related areas. This Collection Offers Empirical Studies And Theoretical Essays About Human Communication In Everyday Life. The Writings Come From Many Of The World's Leading Researchers And Cut Across Academic Boundaries, Engaging Scholars And Teachers From Such Disciplines As Communication, Sociology, Anthropology, Linguistics, And Education. Chapters Emphasize Empirical, Qualitative Studies Of People's Everyday Uses Of Talk-in-interaction, And They Feature Work In Such Areas As Sociolinguistics, Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, And Ethnography. The Chapters In This Anthology Show That Social Life Is Largely A Communicative Accomplishment And That People Constitute The Social Realities Experienced Every Day Through Small And Subtle Ways Of Communicating, Carefully Orchestrated But Commonly Taken For Granted. In Showcasing The Diversity Of Contemporary Lsi Research, This Volume Is Appropriate For Scholars And Graduate Students In Language And Social Interaction, Communication, Sociology, Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods, Discourse Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Linguistics, And Related Areas.--jacket. An Overview Of Language And Social Interaction Research / Curtis D. Lebaron, Jenny Mandelbaum, Phillip J. Glenn -- Orienting To The Field Of Language And Social Interaction -- Extending The Domain Of Speech Evaluation: Message Judgments / James J. Bradac -- Designing Questions And Setting Agendas In The News Interview / John C. Heritage -- Taken-for-granteds In (an) Intercultural Communication / Kristine L. Fitch -- So, What Do You Guys Think?: Think Talk And Process In Student-led Classroom Discussions / Robert T. Craig, Alena L. Sanusi -- Gesture And The Transparency Of Understanding / Curtis D. Lebaron, Timothy Koschmann -- Talk In Everyday Life -- Utterance Restarts In Telephone Conversation: Marking Topic Initiation And Reluctance / Charlotte M. Jones -- Recognizing Assessable Names / Charles Goodwin -- Interactional Problems With Did You Questions And Responses / Susan D. Corbin -- Managing Optimism / Wayne A. Beach -- Rejecting Illegitimate Understandings / Samuel G. Lawrence -- Interactive Methods For Constructing Relationships / Jenny Mandelbaum -- A Note On Resolving Ambiguity / Gail Jefferson -- The Surfacing Of The Suppressed / Emanuel A. Schegloff -- Sex, Laughter, And Audiotape: On Invoking Features Of Context To Explain Laughter In Interaction / Phillip J. Glenn -- Gender Differences In Telephone Conversations / Hanneke Houtkoop-steenstra -- Talk In Institutional Settings -- Comparative Analysis Of Talk-in-interaction In Different Institutional Settings: A Sketch / Paul Drew. Edited By Phillip J. Glenn, Curtis D. Lebaron, Jenny Mandelbaum. In Honor Of Robert Hopper. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.