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Categories in text and talk : a practical introduction to categorization analysis

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  • Author: Lepper, Georgia
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    2011
    Summary:

    Through analysis of data samples and exercises, this volume introduces the concepts of the Harvey Sacks' membership categorization analysis technique and discusses its application in a variety of contexts.

    Contents:
    • 1. Introducing Categorization Analysis
    • Pt. I. Practising the Art of Categorization Analysis. 2. First Principles. 3. Practising the Art of Categorization Analysis: Further Developments
    • Pt. II. Analysing Culture Using Talk, Text and Image. 4. Analysing Context. 5. Analysing Talk. 6. Analysing Text. 7. Analysing Images
    • Pt. III. Analysing Narrative. 8. What is a Narrative? 9. Applying Categorization Analysis to the Study of Naturally Occurring Stories. 10. Contemporary Application of Sacks' Work on Narrative
    • Pt. IV. Analysing Organizations. 11. Background to the Study of Organizations. 12. The Contribution of CA. 13. A Case Study
    • Pt. V. The Practice of Research. 14. Reliability and Validity. 15. Working with an Extended Textual or Conversational Data: The Uses and Abuses of Computer-aided Analysis. 16. Ethics in Research
    • App. A. Transcription Notation
    • App. B. Sample Consent Form.
    Genre:
    Literary arts, Social science
    Subject(s): Categorization (Linguistics) | Conversation analysis | Linguistics | Discourse analysis
    Original Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000
    Language(s): English