Person2022

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Person2022
BibType COLLECTION
Key Person2022
Author(s)
Title Bridging the Gap Between Conversation Analysis and Poetics: Studies in Talk-In-Interaction and Literature Twenty-Five Years after Jefferson
Editor(s) Raymond F. Person Jr., Robin Wooffitt, John P. Rae
Tag(s) EMCA, Poetics, Jefferson, Literature
Publisher Routledge
Year 2022
Language English
City New York
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 262
URL Link
DOI 10.4324/9780429328930
ISBN 9780367349509
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series Routledge Research in Language and Communication
Howpublished
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Abstract

This collection extends the conversation beginning with Gail Jefferson’s seminal 1996 article, "On the Poetics of Ordinary Talk," linking the poetics of ordinary talk with the work of poets to bring together critical perspectives on new data from talk-in-interaction and applications of Jefferson’s poetics to literary discourse.

Bringing together contributions from Conversation Analysis and literary scholars, the book begins by analyzing the presentation which served as the genesis for Jefferson’s article to highlight the occurrence of poetics in institutional talk. The first section then provides an in-depth examination of case studies from Conversation Analysis which draw on new data from naturally occurring discourse. The second half explores literary poetics as a form of institutional talk emerging from the poetics of ordinary talk, offering new possibilities for interpreting work in classics, biblical studies, folklore studies and contemporary literature. Each chapter engages in a discussion of Jefferson’s article toward reinforcing the relationships between the two disciplines and indicating a way forward for interdisciplinary scholarship.

The collection highlights the enduring influence of Jefferson’s poetics to our understanding of language, both talk-in interaction and literary discourse, making this book of particular interest to students and researchers in Conversation Analysis, literary studies, stylistics, and pragmatics.

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