17.2910, Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Hof

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Date: 03-Oct-2006
From: K. van den Heuvel < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: From Text to Talk: Hof 

	
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:50:35
From: K. van den Heuvel < lot at let.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  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

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 of
interaction. Interviewers ask questions from a script, and respondents
select one of the pre-formulated answers. However, interviewers and
respondents 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 the
interactional space. Interviewers and respondents switch roles, the
interviewers becoming recipients of the respondents' talk. That talk often
makes clear the respondents' stance towards the question or to the answer
category that they select.  

Questionnaires cannot provide for all the contingencies that arise in the
interaction following the scripted question. These contingencies are the
topic of this thesis. Interviewers employ response tokens to perform the
task of answer recipient. Respondents perform meaningful actions when they
do not simply select one of the answer categories. Finally, interviewers
need to deal with these responses, always balancing the rules of
standardisation with the goal of obtaining recordable answers. 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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