CONVERSATION ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

This article introduces Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology and some of its applications that are widely used in social sciences. With its microanalytic and sequential approach, CA methodology has gained a major role across disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, and (applied) linguistics. This interdisciplinarity has enabled CA methodology to have a place in all fields related to social interaction, and facilitated the surfacing of research areas such as classroom interaction, patient-doctor interaction, and courtroom talks. The main aim of this article is to provide an introduction through a comprehensive review of the principles, data collection procedures, and analytic categories of CA such as sequence organization and repair. The second aim is to illustrate CA in practice on a micro-analytic and sequential basis using the analyses of naturally occurring talk in Turkish based on audio and video data. These analyses have shown that CA not only uncovers the dynamics of mundane conversations but also has the potential to contribute to patient-doctor interaction, language classroom interaction, and teacher education in the Turkish context. This comprehensive review that offers a Turkish terminology for ethnomethodological CA also sets out to bring new insights into social sciences in Turkey in order to lead to a methodological shift and development in the field.