Carolyn Baker

List of John Benjamins publications in which Carolyn Baker is involved.

Titles

Calling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines

Edited by Carolyn Baker, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth

Telephone helplines have become one of the most pervasive sites of expert-lay interaction in modern societies throughout the world. Yet surprisingly little is known of the in situ, language-based processes of help-seeking and help-giving behavior that occurs within them. This collection of original… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 143] 2005. xviii, 352 pp.

Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading

Edited by Carolyn Baker and Allan Luke

Through critical sociological appraisals of literary theory, research and pedagogy, this volume presents challenges to dominant psychological approaches in reading research and to mainstream discourses about reading and writing pedagogy. Bringing together the recent work of literacy researchers in… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 19] 1991. xxi, 287 pp.

Articles (9) | Order by:

Petraki, Eleni, Carolyn Baker and Michael Emmison 2007 "Moral versions" of motherhood and daughterhood in Greek-Australian family narratives Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse, Bamberg, Michael, Anna De Fina and Deborah Schiffrin (eds.), pp. 107–132 | Article

Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth 2005 Calibrating for competence in calls to technical support Calling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines, Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth (eds.), pp. 39–62 | Article

Danby, Susan, Carolyn Baker and Michael Emmison 2005 Four observations on openings in calls to Kids Help Line Calling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines, Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth (eds.), pp. 133–151 | Article

Firth, Alan, Michael Emmison and Carolyn Baker 2005 Calling for help: An introduction Calling for Help: Language and social interaction in telephone helplines, Baker, Carolyn, Michael Emmison and Alan Firth (eds.), pp. 1–35 | Article

Baker, Carolyn and Greer Cavallaro Johnson 2000 Stories of Courtship and Marriage: Orientations in Openings Narrative Inquiry 10:2, pp. 377–401 | Article

This paper presents initial analyses of the opening sequences of a number of courtship and marriage stories told by elderly Italian-Australians. Using a conversation-analytic perspective, the paper contributes to the study of how storytelling is a co-construction of teller and audience. The focus… read more

Danby, Susan and Carolyn Baker 2000 4. Unravelling the Fabric of Social Order in Block Area Local Educational Order: Ethnomethodological studies of knowledge in action, Hester, Stephen K. and David Francis (eds.), pp. 91–140 | Chapter

Baker, Carolyn 1991 Literacy Practices and Social Relations in Classroom Reading Events Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading, Baker, Carolyn and Allan Luke (eds.), pp. 161–188 | Article

Baker, Carolyn and Allan Luke 1991 Discourses and Practices: A Postscript Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading, Baker, Carolyn and Allan Luke (eds.), pp. 257–268 | Article

Luke, Allan and Carolyn Baker 1991 Towards A Critical Sociollogy of Reading Pedagogy: An Introduction Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading, Baker, Carolyn and Allan Luke (eds.), pp. xi–xxi | Article