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The concept of action / N.J. Enfield, University of Sydney, Jack Sidnell, University of Toronto.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: New departures in anthropologyPublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Description: pages cmISBN:
  • 9780521895286 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302 23 ENF
Contents:
Basics of action The study of action The distribution of action The ontology of action Collateral effects Natural meaning.
Summary: When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In interaction, a person's primary task is to decide how to respond, not to label what someone just did. The labeling of actions is Read more...
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Basics of action The study of action The distribution of action The ontology of action Collateral effects Natural meaning.

When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In interaction, a person's primary task is to decide how to respond, not to label what someone just did. The labeling of actions is Read more...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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