List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Introduction Part I: Discourse Analysis 1. The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Spoken Discourse Deirdre Burton 2. Putting Competence into Action: Some Sociological Notes on a Model of Classroom Interaction Martyn Hammersley 3. Discourse Analysis as Linguistics: A Response to Hammersley David Brazil 4. Learning to Take Part in Classroom Interaction Mary Willes 5. Theory and Practice: A Response to Willes Michael Stubbs Part II: Conversation Analysis 6. Conversation Analysis A. J. Wootton 7. Stories and Story Time in an Infant Classroom E. C. Cuff and D. Hustler 8. Children’s Use of Address Terms A. J. Wootton 9. The Clarification Request Sequence in Conversation between Mothers and their Children David Langford 10. Some Comments on Clarification Requests: A Response to Langford David Hustler Part III: Adult–Child Interaction and Developmental Analysis 11. Towards a Model for Analysing Conversations Involving Children Michael F. McTear 12. Adult–Child Interaction at Home and at School Gordon Wells and Martin Montgomery 13. Adults’ Corrections of Children’s Mistakes: A Response to Wells and Montgomery Paul Drew 14. Interpreting Child Discourse Sue Foster Part IV: Talk and Social Relations in the Classroom 15. Analysing Classroom Talk A. D. Edwards. List of Contributors. Index.
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