Arminen2026
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Arminen2026 |
| Author(s) | Ilkka Arminen |
| Title | Ethnomethodology in the Analysis of Discourse and Interaction |
| Editor(s) | Carol A. Chapelle, Jennifer Andrus |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Discourse, Interaction |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
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| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0402.pub2 |
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| Edition | Second Edition |
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| Book title | The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics |
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Abstract
Ethnomethodology examines the tacit, taken-for-granted methods through which social actors produce and sustain meaningful social order in everyday interaction. This entry outlines the core assumptions of ethnomethodology, emphasizing accountability, indexicality, and the reflexive relationship between social action and social order. Meaning is treated not as externally given but as an accomplishment of participants' situated practices. The article traces the intellectual origins of ethnomethodology in Garfinkel's work and its development into conversation analysis, which investigates the sequential and normative organization of talk-in-interaction. It reviews classical studies of mundane activities and institutional settings, highlighting how orderliness emerges through participants' own methods rather than imposed rules. The discussion then turns to later developments, including studies of work, sociomateriality, multimodality, and engagements with technology, AI, and design. These extensions demonstrate how interaction is co-constituted through talk, embodied conduct, material artifacts, and spatial arrangements. The article concludes by arguing that contemporary ethnomethodology retains its foundational concern with the “seen but unnoticed” practices of everyday life while expanding its analytical scope to address technologically mediated and socio-politically embedded forms of interaction.
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