Categories in Text and Talk
A Practical Introduction to Categorization Analysis
- Georgia Lepper - University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
September 2000 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
"A stunning introduction to categorization analysis! Georgia Lepper is a master teacher and her book a major achievement. Sensibly organized, amply illustrated, and deftly instructive, this remarkably clear text is a pedagogical milestone in the area."
-Jaber F. Gubrium, University of Florida
This is the first practical book on how to apply Harvey Sacks' membership categorization analysis technique, an increasingly influential method for conversation analysis. Categorization analysis is a method for the study of situated social action and offers a complementary method to the traditional sequential analysis used in the study of naturally occurring talk and text.
Inroducing Categorization Analysis
PART TWO: PRACTISING THE ART OF CONVERSAT ION ANALYSIS
First Principles
Practising the Art of Categorization Analysis
PART THREE: ANALYZING CULTURE USING TALK, TEXT AND IMAGE
Analyzing Content
Analyzing Talk
Analyzing Text
Analyzing Images
PART FOUR: ANALYZING NARRATIVE
What Is Narrative?
Applying Categorization Analysis to the Study of Naturally Occuring Stories
Contemporary Application of Sacks's Work on Narrative
PART FIVE: ANALYZING ORGANIZATIONS
Background to the Study of Organizations
The Contribution of CA
A Case Study
PART SIX: THE PRACTICE OF RESEARCH
Reliability and Validity
Working with an Extended Textual or Conversational Data
Ethics in Research