Everyday life sociology comprises a broad spectrum of micro perspectives: symbolic
interactionism, dramaturgy, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and existential sociology …

The routine exchange of turns is a fundamental structural feature of conversational
interaction. This paper reviews current attempts to understand the mechanisms by which …

Conversation analysis (hereafter CA) is an approach to language and social interaction that
emerged in the mid-to late 1960s through the collaboration of the sociologists Harvey Sacks …

Analysing Casual Conversation, first published in 1997 by Cassell, develops a systematic
model for the analysis and description of casual conversation in English. Working through …

Approaching Dialogue has its primary focus on the theoretical understanding and empirical
analysis of talk-in-interaction. It deals with conversation in general as well as talk within …

Analyzing Narrative Reality offers a comprehensive framework for analyzing the construction
and use of stories in society. This centers on the interplay of narrative work and narrative …

Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in
conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that …

John Heritage... if I tell you something that you come to think is so, you are entitled to have it.
And you take it that the stock of knowledge that you have is something that you can get …

A variety of analytic resources provided by past work in conversation analysis are brought to
bear on the analysis of a single utterance in its sequential context, drawn from an ordinary …

While the sociological analysis of personal stories is becoming more sophisticated, it would
benefit from a refined appreciation for narrative practice. The theme of this article is that the …