social science conversation analysis harvey sacks harvey sacks social science conversation analysis david silverman goldsmiths college london harvey sacks say original david silverman provides thoughtful lucid account penetrating work urge anyone concerned occuring speech read book one sense interpret said changed even one adopt approach one essential landmark reference point inform one oneself dell hymes university virginia david silverman thanked leading novice expert complex heretofore underground corpus harvey sacks work finally social science community study learn sacks pathbreaking studies talk conversational analysis social science community field everyday life studies owes silverman great debt norman k denzin university illinois first booklength introduction work harvey sacks highly influential sociologist prior tragic death 1975 developed theories came known conversation analysis ethnomethodology theories grown become extremely popular within linguistics sociology psychology anthropology volume interest students scholars conversation analysis sacks work october 1998 232 pp 019 521473 0 paper 19 95 019 521472 2 cloth 39 95 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ information linguistics titles oxford visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org email linguistics oupusa org