Volume 36 (1) 2003

Special Issue on Small Talk

Justine Coupland - Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Editor's Introduction: Small talk: Social functions

Michael McCarthy
Talking back: 'Small' interactional response tokens in everyday conversation

Janet Holmes
Small talk at work - potential problems for workers with an intellectual disability

Joanna Thornborrow
The organisation of primary school children’s on-task and off-task talk in a small group setting

Justine Coupland and Adam Jaworski
Transgression and intimacy in recreational talk narratives