Conversation Analysis & Discourse Analysis
Conversation Analysis & Discourse Analysis tive Compara A a odu ritical Intr nd C ction
Robin Wooffitt
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis
A Comparative and Critical Introduction
Robin Wooffitt
SAGE Publications
London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi
© Robin Wooffitt 2005 First published 2005 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 110 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 7425 3 ISBN 0 7619 7426 1 (pbk)
Library of Congress Control Number 2004099541
Typeset by C&M Digitals (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed on paper from sustainable resources Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
For Wendy
Contents
Acknowledgements
ix 1 5 25 46 71
Introduction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Origins and Orientations Two Key Studies Method and Critique Similarities and Differences Persuasion and Authority: CA and the Rhetorical Turn in Discourse Studies Discursive Psychology Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Methodological Disputes: How Should We Analyse Talk? Conversation Analysis and Power
92 113 137
158 186 211 213 229
Appendix: Transcription Symbols
Robin Wooffitt
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis
Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis
A Comparative and Critical Introduction
Robin Wooffitt
SAGE Publications
London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi
© Robin Wooffitt 2005 First published 2005 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 110 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 7425 3 ISBN 0 7619 7426 1 (pbk)
Library of Congress Control Number 2004099541
Typeset by C&M Digitals (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed on paper from sustainable resources Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
For Wendy
Contents
Acknowledgements
ix 1 5 25 46 71
Introduction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Origins and Orientations Two Key Studies Method and Critique Similarities and Differences Persuasion and Authority: CA and the Rhetorical Turn in Discourse Studies Discursive Psychology Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Methodological Disputes: How Should We Analyse Talk? Conversation Analysis and Power
92 113 137
158 186 211 213 229
Appendix: Transcription Symbols