Talk

= Characteristics of Talk = = Discourse Analysis (DA) = Discourse Analysis (DA) may refer different approaches in investigating written texts and spoken discourse depending on the context. (Denzin & Lincoln, 2008) = Conversation Analysis (CA) = Conversation Analysis (CA) is the method for investigating the structure and process of social interaction between humans. (Denzin & Lincoln,2008)
 * Talk is action. The language we speak can accomplish acts and everyday tasks.
 * Action is structurally organized in adjacency pairs.
 * Talk creates and maintains the intersubjective reality. Talk depends on the context. Understanding of the preceding turn by the current speaker is important.
 * Definition **
 * Basic Steps of a DA **
 * researcher acknowledges their own bias and positions
 * researcher begins with a research question
 * a conversation or piece of text is transcribed and then deconstructed to identify specific features of it
 * Advantages and Disadvantages of DA **
 * Applicable to every situation and every subject
 * Little to no technology or funds really needed
 * Spoken language must be recorded and then transcribed
 * Definition **
 * Origins of CA **
 * CA was inspired by ethnomethodology, which was coined by Harold Garfinkel.
 * CA was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s principally by the sociologist Harvey Sacks and his close associates Emanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson
 * Today CA is an established method used in sociology, anthropology, linguistics, speech-communication and psychology
 * Reflexivity and Indexicality **
 * Indexicality: the meaning of language depends on the context. Until we have a context, all language are ambiguous.
 * Reflexivity: the context of language depends on the meaning. The language we use in talk will create the context and the context will determine the language we use.
 * Basic Assumptions of CA **
 * Talk is action. Language can accomplish acts.
 * Talk is structured. Talk follows certain patterns and structures so it can be analyzed.
 * Talk is forged contextually. Talk must be analyzed in terms of its context and understood in terms of the talk has preceded it.
 * What can be analyzed in CA **
 * Topics regarding particular actions in conversation, e.g. openings and closings of conversation, complains
 * Topics regarding the aspects of conversational organization that make any action possible, e.g. turn taking, adjacency pairs, preference organization and repair mechanism

**Twin Baby Talk** media type="youtube" key="_JmA2ClUvUY" height="315" width="560" 