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The reconsidered model of membership categorization analysis

Cardiff University, HousleyW{at}Cardiff.ac.uk

Richard Fitzgerald

Cardiff University, FitzgeraldR{at}Cardiff.ac.uk

This article briefly investigates the role that ethno-methodology has played in sociological analyses of language and interaction. The work of Harvey Sacks is investigated in relation to membership categorization and the analysis of talk-in-interaction. More specifically, the authors focus on how this strand of work has been developed in recent years and now represents a powerful apparatus for conducting sociological analyses of interaction in a diverse range of settings in a way that is sensitive to issues related to social organization, normativity, identity, macro-micro synthesis, knowledge and developments in social theory.

Key Words: category • context • conversation analysis • device • ethnomethodology • knowledge • membership categorization analysis • normativity • predicate • social structure • talk-in-interaction

Qualitative Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, 59-83 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/146879410200200104


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