Sharrock-Watson1984

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Sharrock-Watson1984
BibType ARTICLE
Key Sharrock-Watson1984
Author(s) Wes Sharrock, D. Rod Watson
Title What’s the point of rescuing motives?
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Tag(s) EMCA, Motives
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Year 1984
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Journal British Journal of Sociology
Volume 35
Number 3
Pages 435–451
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DOI 10.2307/590974
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Abstract

When they criticize conversational analysis for having created a 'wonderful circle' in its analysis of question-answer pairs, Bruce and Wallis show how distressingly out-of-tune they are with the ethnomethodological reasoning which they think they are criticizing. We begin debate with their paper 'Rescuing Motive', published in the March 1983 edition of B.J.S, with attention to this particular in- stance of incomprehension not because we think it central but because it is symptomatic, and allows us to show in brief just how thoroughgoing and difficult of dissolution are these misunderstandings. Discussion of more central questions follows.

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