Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Points of Departure
- Part III Collections
- Part IV Evidence
- Part V Avenues into Action
- 18 Single-Case Analysis
- 19 Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and the Study of Interaction in Everyday Life
- 20 Analyzing Categorial Phenomena in Talk-in-Interaction
- 21 Where the Action Is: Positioning Matters in Interaction
- 22 Analyzing Particles
- 23 Analyzing Grammar in Social Interaction
- 24 Listening to Talk-in-Interaction: Ways of Observing Speech
- 25 Multimodality in Conversation Analysis
- 26 System-Oriented Analysis: Moving from Singular Practices to Organizations of Practice
- 27 Comparing across Languages and Cultures
- 28 Methodological Considerations When Using Conversation Analysis to Investigate Institutional Interaction
- 29 Methods for ‘Applying’ Conversation Analysis
- 30 Using Conversation-Analytic Research Methods in the Study of Atypical Populations
- Part VI Situating and Reporting Findings
- Part VII Looking Forward
- Appendix I Jeffersonian Transcription Conventions
- Appendix II Multimodal Transcription Conventions
- Index
23 - Analyzing Grammar in Social Interaction
from Part V - Avenues into Action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Points of Departure
- Part III Collections
- Part IV Evidence
- Part V Avenues into Action
- 18 Single-Case Analysis
- 19 Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, and the Study of Interaction in Everyday Life
- 20 Analyzing Categorial Phenomena in Talk-in-Interaction
- 21 Where the Action Is: Positioning Matters in Interaction
- 22 Analyzing Particles
- 23 Analyzing Grammar in Social Interaction
- 24 Listening to Talk-in-Interaction: Ways of Observing Speech
- 25 Multimodality in Conversation Analysis
- 26 System-Oriented Analysis: Moving from Singular Practices to Organizations of Practice
- 27 Comparing across Languages and Cultures
- 28 Methodological Considerations When Using Conversation Analysis to Investigate Institutional Interaction
- 29 Methods for ‘Applying’ Conversation Analysis
- 30 Using Conversation-Analytic Research Methods in the Study of Atypical Populations
- Part VI Situating and Reporting Findings
- Part VII Looking Forward
- Appendix I Jeffersonian Transcription Conventions
- Appendix II Multimodal Transcription Conventions
- Index
Summary
The goal of this chapter is to guide the reader interested in grammar in interaction through the entire research process, beginning with how to find a researchable phenomenon and culminating in how to reveal the larger significance of research findings on grammar. We focus primarily on grammatical phenomena that are morphosyntactic in nature but include discussion of how prosodic-phonetic and embodied practices can impact the exploration of morphosyntactic phenomena. We begin by addressing some of the multiple sources of inspiration for a new research project on grammar, including starting with an observation in the data, or with an observation from the linguistic literature, or with an observation from the CA/IL literature on a different language. We then explore how to delimit the phenomenon chosen and how to build a collection of pertinent instances. Finally, we turn to issues of analyzing the collection and constructing an argument, with a final discussion of how to probe the theoretical significance of grammatical findings. In conclusion, we note that because of its orderliness, grammar in general as well as language-specific grammatical practices contribute to establishing and maintaining the social order.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Methods in Conversation Analysis , pp. 641 - 671Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024