Talk and Social Structure

Deirdre Boden and Don Zimmerman are experts in the field of conversation analysis. They have devoted their careers to work with an ethnomethodological approach.

Preface. Introduction.

1. Structure in Action: An Introduction: Don H. Zimmerman and Deirdre Boden.

Part I. Current Debates:.

2. Social Structure and the Sequential Organization of Interaction: Thomas P. Wilson.

3. Reflections on Talk and Social Structure: Emanuel A. Schegloff.

4. The School's Work of Sorting Students: Hugh Mehan.

Part II. Talk and Institutions:.

5. On the Institutional Character of Institutional Talk: The Case of News Interviews: John Heritage and David Greatbatch.

6. Talk and Institution: A Reconsideration of the 'Asymmetry' of Doctor-Patient Interaction: Paul Have.

7. Perspective-Display Sequences and the Delivery and Receipt of Diagnostic News: Douglas W. Maynard.

Part III. Structure in Action:.

8. The Structure of Direction-Giving in Interaction: George Psathas.

9. Hold the Phone: Robert Hopper.

10. Opening Sequences in Dutch Telephone Conversations: Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra.

11. Conversation-in-a-Series: Graham Button.

Appendix I: Transcription Notation.

Notes on Contributors.

References.