{"product_id":"the-concept-of-action-n-j-enfield-9780521719650","title":"The Concept of Action","description":"When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In interaction, a person's primary task is to decide how to respond, not to label what someone just did. The labeling of actions is a meta-level process, appropriate only when we wish to draw attention to others' behaviors in order to quiz, sanction, praise, blame, or otherwise hold them to account. This book develops a new account of action grounded in certain fundamental ideas about the nature of human sociality: that social conduct is naturally interpreted as purposeful; that human behavior is shaped under a tyranny of social accountability; and that language is our central resource for social action and reaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e N. J. Enfield, Jack Sidnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521719658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521719650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.38w x 0.54d","brand":"N. J. Enfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992221843711,"sku":"9780521719650","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28483906-1287-4418-9749-7c70c9333b6c.jpg?v=1683314734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-concept-of-action-n-j-enfield-9780521719650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}