An Introduction to Conversation Analysis: Main Menu

What's on this site?

Introduction

Two pages of introduction to the general field of Conversation Analysis (CA), and an overview of who this tutorial is for and what it tries to do.

Transcription

Eight pages of explanation of why, and how, one makes a transcript of an interaction. The demonstration uses audio extracts (or video extracts if you have a fast connection) to give a 'hands-on' feel.

Notation

A page explaining the notation system used by most people in CA.

Audio and Video

Three short audio and video clips. 

Analysis

Three longish pages explaining the kind of analyses that CA offers (and what it doesn't), illustrated by two worked examples of analysis of the audio / video extracts.

References

A page of references to sources referred to on this site.

Links

A page of links to other sites of interest in CA.

Citation

How to cite this website if you need to.