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For the first time ever in its 57-year history, ICMSA will be managing three separate conferences on the same day, 26 June.

Researchers examine psychiatrist-client interactions and find that clients have few opportunities to change their medication regimen.

Human interactions are organized in sequence, which is a key component of Levinsons ‘interaction engine.’ Referring back to the field where it originated, conversation analysis, we discuss its rel...

How do classroom exchanges shape the developing forms and functions of literacy learning and teaching as students transition across the years of schooling? We explore this question using excerpts from literacy lessons from primary and secondary classrooms, showing how lesson exchanges develop as trajectories connecting different forms of ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’ literacy as a meaning making, socially grounded action. In this article, we refer to transitions as the movements between place an...

Now, right now you can see dr. geor george doddington on the stand. dr. george doddington worked at texas instruments, hes an electrical engineer and worked on voice and speaker recognition. and, fredricka, before that we heard from dr. john peter french. now, hes a professor with an extensive background, extensive training with phonetic and conversation analysis. both of the witnesses are being used to debunk, to scrutinize, the testimony that we heard the other day from the states expert witne...