Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521376334)

Talk at Work is a major collection of studies of language and interaction in a wide variety of institutional and workplace settings, including doctor-patient consultations, legal hearings, mass media, job interviews, visits by health visitors, psychiatric interviews, and calls to emergency services. A theoretical overview of the distinctive contribution made by conversation analysis to our understanding of talk in institutional contexts is followed by reports of the contributors' original empirical research.

Author: Paul Drew
ISBN-10: 0521376335
ISBN-13: 9780521376334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/11/1993
Pages: 596
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.46w x 1.43d