Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in
conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that …

This article introduces the special issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction
organized around the theme “Opening and Maintaining Face-to-Face Interaction.” The …

Conversation is flexible enough to be conducted with varying numbers of individuals, but
most conversation is dyadic. Is the prevalence of dyadic focal participation frameworks …

Conversation analytic research on “preference organization” investigates recorded episodes
of naturally occurring social interaction to elucidate how people systematically design their …

This article examines two common ways that speakers propose a new joint activity—“Let's X”
and “How about X”—in an examination of video recordings of children playing. Whereas …

A large body of educational research has focused on play as one of children's own activities,
however, considerably less attention has been paid to structures and practices associated …

Getting acquainted with others is one of the most basic interpersonal communication events.
Yet there has only been a limited number of studies that have examined variation in the …

In everyday life we may hear someone being racist or saying something otherwise
objectionable in a public space. Calling out that person for being discriminatory is generally …

This article analyzes naturally occurring video‐recorded openings during which participants
make the sensory social through the action of registering—calling joint attention to a …

" This volume offers a systematic overview of different modalities of social influence,
including crowding, leadership, conformity, obedience, persuasion, mass media and …