Presenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, "The Handbook of Conversation Analysis" brings together contributions by leading international experts to provide an invaluable information resource and reference for scholars of social intera[...]

'Conversation analysis' is an approach to the study of social interaction that focuses on practices of speaking that recur across a range of contexts and settings. The early studies in this tradition were based on the analysis of English conversation. More recently, however, conversation analysts ha[...]

Which army used camels disguised as war elephants? Which illustrious warlord was killed by a midget ninja hidden in his latrine? How was a Japanese vessel sunk by live cows dropped by the Soviet air force? And just what kind of weapon was the Bohemian Ear Spoon? These are just a few of the importan[...]