Author Description

"Analyzing Multimodal Interaction is a practical guide to understanding and investigating the multiple modes of communication, and provides an essential guide for those undertaking fieldwork in a range of disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, education, anthropology, and psychology. The book offers a clear methodology to help the reader carry out their own integrative analysis, equipping them with the tools that they need to analyze a situation from different points of view. Drawing on research into conversational analysis and nonverbal behavior such as body movement and gaze, it also considers the role of the material world in our interactions, exploring how we use space and objects - such as our furniture, cell phones, or TV. Considering a range of real examples, such as traffic-police officers at work, doctor-patient meetings, teachers with students, and friends reading magazines together, the book offers lively demonstrations of multimodal discourse at work." "Illustrated throughout and featuring a mini-glossary in each chapter, further reading, and advice on practical issues such as making transcriptions and video and audio recordings, this practical guide is an essential resource for anyone interested in the multiple modes of human interaction."--BOOK JACKET.