Table of Contents

The workplace as social interaction. Part I: 'I'll Take Climb Power.' Accomplishing Cockpit Identities Through Pronominal Language: Accomplishing cockpit identities: (1) prescribed pronominal forms; Accomplishing cockpit identities: (2) non-prescribed pronominal forms. Part II: 'That's Set.' Coordinating Talk and Non-Talk Activity: Accomplishing takeoff tasks; Managing tasks in flight. Part III: 'He Said Final Approach Speed.' Integrating Talk-In-Interaction Within and Beyond The Cockpit: Talking with controllers: (1) pilot-pilot talk occasioned by talk with controllers; Talking with controllers: (2) abstaining from pilot-pilot talk about talk with controllers; Conclusion and implications; References; Index.

About the Author

Maurice Nevile is a Visiting Fellow in the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics program in the School of Language Studies at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. His research interests are interaction in workplace, institutional and sociotechnical settings, language and interaction in aviation, interactional linguistics, situated and embodied cognition, and gesture in interaction.