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|Abstract=This paper examines the relationship between 'formal' and 'informal'  
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social action with reference to recent research in ethnometho-
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dology  and conversation analysis. Evidence is presented in support  
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|Abstract=This paper examines the relationship between 'formal' and 'informal' social action with reference to recent research in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Evidence is presented in support of the proposal that a taken for granted model of conversational interaction is used by analysts, both lay and professional, as a comparative reference point against which certain actions are categorized as 'formal'. Such a procedure, it is suggested, results in evaluative interpretations which fail to address the question of how such interactions may be operating to produce orderliness in the settings where they are found. This theme is developed mainly in relation to the way a number of recurrent features of multi-party interaction may provide practical solutions to a general problem which appears to be common to all such settings, namely that of how to create and preserve the conditions for sustaining the shared attentiveness of all co-present parties to the proceedings at hand. The general themes are also briefly considered with reference to small-scale interactions that are likely to be regarded as 'formal'.
of the proposal that a taken for granted model of conversational  
 
interaction is used by analysts, both lay and professional, as a  
 
comparative reference point against which certain actions are  
 
categorized as 'formal'. Such a procedure, it is suggested, results  
 
in evaluative interpretations which fail to address the question of  
 
how such interactions may be operating to produce orderliness in  
 
the settings where they are found. This theme is developed mainly  
 
in relation to the way a number of recurrent features of multi-  
 
party interaction may provide practical solutions to a general  
 
problem which appears to be common to all such settings, namely  
 
that of how to create and preserve the conditions for sustaining  
 
the shared attentiveness of all co-present parties to the proceedings  
 
at hand. The general themes are also brie  Sy  considered with  
 
reference to small-scale interactions that are likely to be regarded  
 
as 'formal'.  
 
 
}}
 
}}

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JMAtkinson1982
BibType ARTICLE
Key JMAtkinson1982
Author(s) J. Maxwell Atkinson
Title Understanding formality: the categorization and production of “formal” interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, Formality
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Year 1982
Language
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Journal British Journal of Sociology
Volume 33
Number 1
Pages 86–117
URL Link
DOI 10.2307/589338
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Series
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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between 'formal' and 'informal' social action with reference to recent research in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Evidence is presented in support of the proposal that a taken for granted model of conversational interaction is used by analysts, both lay and professional, as a comparative reference point against which certain actions are categorized as 'formal'. Such a procedure, it is suggested, results in evaluative interpretations which fail to address the question of how such interactions may be operating to produce orderliness in the settings where they are found. This theme is developed mainly in relation to the way a number of recurrent features of multi-party interaction may provide practical solutions to a general problem which appears to be common to all such settings, namely that of how to create and preserve the conditions for sustaining the shared attentiveness of all co-present parties to the proceedings at hand. The general themes are also briefly considered with reference to small-scale interactions that are likely to be regarded as 'formal'.

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