LINGUIST List 17.2910

Fri Oct 06 2006

Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Hof

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Directory         1.    K. van den Heuvel, From Text to Talk: Hof

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Message 1: From Text to Talk: Hof
Date: 03-Oct-2006
From: K. van den Heuvel <lotlet.uu.nl>
Subject: From Text to Talk: Hof


Title: From Text to Talk Subtitle: Answers and their uptake in standardised survey interviews Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series Published: 2006 Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
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Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl

Author: Sanne van 't Hof, Utrecht University Electronic: ISBN: 9789078328087 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ free
Paperback: ISBN: 9789078328087 Pages: 304 Price: Europe EURO 26.48
Abstract:

The standardised survey interview is a highly structured form ofinteraction. Interviewers ask questions from a script, and respondentsselect one of the pre-formulated answers. However, interviewers andrespondents do more than just their pre-allocated tasks.

This study approaches survey interviews from an original perspective,entering the stage after the scripted question has been released into theinteractional space. Interviewers and respondents switch roles, theinterviewers becoming recipients of the respondents' talk. That talk oftenmakes clear the respondents' stance towards the question or to the answercategory that they select.

Questionnaires cannot provide for all the contingencies that arise in theinteraction following the scripted question. These contingencies are thetopic of this thesis. Interviewers employ response tokens to perform thetask of answer recipient. Respondents perform meaningful actions when theydo not simply select one of the answer categories. Finally, interviewersneed to deal with these responses, always balancing the rules ofstandardisation with the goal of obtaining recordable answers.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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