Language and Professional Identity Aspects of Collaborative Interaction

This book explores the ways in which professional groups develop specific interactional procedures for conducting and representing their activities, all of which contribute to a distinctive collaborative identity. It highlights the drawbacks as well as the advantages of collaborative talk, pointing to ways of improving professional performance. Its investigation of topics such as identity, argument, narrative, and metaphor means that it should appeal to researchers outside the fields of applied linguistics and professional communication, for whom it is primarily intended.

KEITH RICHARDS is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Warwick.

Acknowledgements * Transcription Conventions * Introduction * Collaborative Identity: The Power of the Group * Staying Onside: The Negotiation of Argument * The Joke's on Them: Varieties of Humour in Collaborative Talk * The Interactional Dynamic: Stories From the Back Region * Seeing Things Our Way: The Establishment of Common Perspectives * Us and Them: Constructing the Other * Conclusion * References * Index Acknowledgements * Transcription Conventions * Introduction * Collaborative Identity: The Power of the Group * Staying Onside: The Negotiation of Argument * The Joke's on Them: Varieties of Humour in Collaborative Talk * The Interactional Dynamic: Stories From the Back Region * Seeing Things Our Way: The Establishment of Common Perspectives * Us and Them: Constructing the Other * Conclusion * References * Index