1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis

Edited By Matthew Burdelski, Tim Greer Copyright 2026
676 Pages 4 Color & 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

676 Pages 4 Color & 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis offers a detailed overview of how everyday interaction shapes social life—from classrooms and hospitals to courtrooms, homes, and online settings. This volume introduces the key principles and practices of conversation analysis (CA), a framework for examining how people coordinate actions through talk, gesture, and other embodied and material... Read more

List of Tables and Figures

Transcript Conventions

List of Contributors

1. Introduction

Matthew Burdelski and Tim Greer

Part I. Foundations of CA

2. The Emergence and Consolidation of CA as a Scientific Field

Johannes Wagner

3. The Architecture of Interaction

Elliott M. Hoey and Chase Wesley Raymond

4. Multimodality

Leelo Keevalik

5. Participation

Asta Cekaite and Lorenza Mondada

6. Intersubjectivity in CA

Jan Lindström and Ritva Laury

7. Stance in Interaction

Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu, John Heritage, and Chase Wesley Raymond

8. Narrative in CA

Jean Wong

9. Identity and Membership Categorization Analysis

Jack B. Joyce, Linda Walz, and Natalie Flint

10. “Routines” and “Formulaic Language” in CA

Danielle Pillet-Shore 

Part II. CA and Methodology

11. Doing CA: Collecting, Transcribing, and Analyzing Data 

Kristian Mortensen and Brian L. Due

12. Applied and Interventionist Approaches to CA

Salla Kurhila, Niina Lilja, Spencer Hazel, and Adam Brandt

13. CA and Quantitative Approaches

Oliver SpiessMartin Luginbühl, and Daniel Müller-Feldmeth

14. CA and Qualitative Research Interviews

Matthew T. Prior and Steven Talmy

15. CA and Longitudinal Studies

Hanh thi Nguyen and Taiane Malabarba

Part III. CA for Language Teaching and Learning

16. CA and Second Language Acquisition

Alfred Rue Burch and Eric Hauser

17. CA and Interactional Competence

Klara Skogmyr Marian and Simona Pekarek Doehler

18. CA and Classroom Discourse 

Silvia Kunitz and Olcay Sert

19. CA and L2 Literacy

Eunseok Ro

20. CA and Technology in Language Teaching and Learning

Teppo Jakonen

21. CA and Language Teacher Education

Hansun Zhang Waring

22. CA and Language Testing and Assessment

Daniel M. K. Lam

23. CA and Advising, Mentoring, and Tutoring

Binh Thanh Ta

24. CA and Second Language Use Beyond the Classroom

Søren W. Eskildsen

Part IV. CA in Other Domains of Inquiry

25. CA in Early Childhood Studies

Amanda Bateman and Asta Cekaite

26. CA in Education and Schooling

Tom Koole and Myrte N. Gosen

27. CA in Language Policy and Planning

Florence Bonacina-Pugh and Anthony J. Liddicoat

28. CA in Political Discourse

Luis Manuel Olguín

29. CA in Forensic Linguistics and Legal Discourse

Fabio Ferraz de Almeida and Paul Drew

30. CA in Healthcare 

Marco Pino

31. CA in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Ann Weatherall

Part V. CA in Specific Contexts and Communities

32. CA and Video-mediated Communication

Christian Licoppe

33. CA and Social Media  

Jessica Sarah Robles and Joanne Meredith

34. CA and Multilingual Interaction 

Tim Greer and Matthew Burdelski

35. CA and Intercultural Communication

Galina B. Bolden and Aleksandr Shirokov

36. CA and Service Encounters

Satomi Kuroshima

37. CA and Neurodiversity

Rachel S. Y. Chen

38. CA and Signed Language Interaction  

Shimako Iwasaki

Part VI. Afterword

39. Afterword

Rod Gardner

Biography

Matthew Burdelski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA.

Tim Greer is a Professor in the School of Languages and Communication and the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies at Kobe University, Japan.