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Tracy, Karen

Professor Emerita/Emeritus

Positions

Professor Emerita/Emeritus, Communication

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Tracy is a discourse analyst who studies institutional talk, with special attention to justice-linked and education governance sites. Her areas of expertise are language and social interaction, facework and identity construction, dilemmatic, multiple goal approaches, discourse analysis, and studies of institutional discourse.

keywords

discourse analysis, institutional talk, qualitative methods, politeness and facework, identity and interaction, appellate oral argument, public meetings, group communication, argument in context

Publications

selected publications

book
chapter
- Discourses of Religion. Ed. Tracy, Karen . 456-565-456-565. 2015
- Grounded Practical theory: Theorizing communicative practices. 241-252. 2015
- Indexicality. Ed. Tracy, Karen . 788-793. 2015
- Feeling-limned talk: Conduct ideals in the Steinberg succession meeting 2013
- Litigant Briefs, Oral Argument, and a Public Hearing 2013
- Introduction. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 1-3. 2013
- Dogmatic dialogue: Essential qualities of judicial opinion-writing 2012
- Everyday argument strategies in Appellate Court argument about same-sex marriage. 165-178. 2012
- Qualitative methods in interpersonal communication 2011
- The identity work of questioning in intellectual discussion 2011
- Critical Discourse Analysis and (US) Communication Scholarship Recovering Old Connections, Envisioning New Ones. Communication yearbook. 241-286. 2011
- Identity-Work in Appellate Oral Argument: Ideological Identities within a Professional One. 175-199. 2011
- Studying interaction in order to cultivate communicative practices Action-implicative discourse analysis. Pragmatics && Beyond.new Series. 145-165. 2010
- Action-implicative discourse analysis 2009
- Community 2009
- Ordinary democracy 2009
- Conversation, dialogue, and discourse 2009
- Discourse Analysis The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing, and Analyzing Talk. 153-177. 2009
- Action-implicative discourse analysis: Theorizing communicative practices 2008
- Area Editor (Language and social interaction, 48 entries) 2008
- Language and social interaction 2008
- Introduction: A moment of ordinary democracy 2007
- Marking and shifting lines in the sand: Discursive moves of ordinary democracy 2007
- Discourse and Identity: Language or Talk?. 15-37. 2007
- Reconstructing communicative practices: Action-implicative discourse analysis 2004
- Meetings: Discursive site for building and fragmenting community 2004
- Discourse analysis in communication 2003
- Selecting a school superintendent: Interactional sensitivities in the deliberative process 2003
- 'I Just Need to Ask Somebody Some Questions': Sensitivities in Domestic Dispute Calls. 75-90. 2002
- "Talking like a mediator": Conversational moves of experienced divorce mediators 1994
- The case for case studies of facework 1994
- Discourse 1993
- The many faces of facework 1990
- Conversational dilemmas and the naturalistic experiment 1989
- Conversational coherence: A cognitively grounded rules approach 1985
- Conversational relevance in multiple-goal situations 1983
- On getting the point: Distinguishing "issues" from "events," an aspect of conversational coherence 1981
- Not to change the topic but . . . : A cognitive approach to the management of conversation 1980
journal article
- Discourse analysis: bridging frameworks or cultivating practices?. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 360-366. 2016
- Building Grounded Practical Theory in Applied Communication Research: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 229-243. 2014
- Democracy-Appealing Partisanship: A Situated Ideal of Citizenship. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 307-324. 2014
- 'Tough questioning' as enactment of ideology in judicial conduct: marriage law appeals in seven US courts. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. 1-25. 2012
- What's in a name? Stance markers in oral argument about marriage laws. Discourse and Communication. 65-88. 2011
- "Reasonable Hostility": Its Usefulness and Limitation as a Norm for Public Hearings. Informal Logic: reasoning and argumentation in theory and practice. 171-190. 2011
- A facework system of minimal politeness: Oral argument in appellate court. Journal of Politeness Research: language, behavior, culture. 123-145. 2011
- Challenges of Interviewers' Institutional Positionings: Taking Account of Interview Content and the Interaction. Communication Methods and Measures. 177-200. 2010
- How questioning constructs judge identities: oral argument about same-sex marriage. Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk. 199-221. 2009
- Questions, questioning, and institutional practices: an introduction. Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk. 131-152. 2009
- Impoliteness in interaction. Journal of Communication. 200-201. 2009
- Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. 185-190. 2009
- "Reasonable Hostility": Situation-appropriate face-attack. Journal of Politeness Research: language, behavior, culture. 169-191. 2008
- The discourse of crisis in public meetings: Case study of a school district's multimillion dollar error. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 418-441. 2007
- Speaking out in public: citizen participation in contentious school board meetings. Discourse and Communication. 223-249. 2007
- The Role (Or Not) for Numbers and Statistics in Qualitative Research: An Introduction. Communication Methods and Measures. 31-35. 2007
- Premeeting talk: An organizationally crucial form of talk. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 1-34. 2005
- Language and social interaction: Its institutional identity, intellectual landscape, and discipline-shifting agenda. Journal of Communication. 788-816. 2004
- Crafting policies about controversial values: How wording disputes manage a group dilemma. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 297-316. 2001
- `Bible Babble': Naming the Interactional Trouble at Waco. Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk. 269-294. 2001
- Diagnosing a school board's interactional trouble: Theorizing problem formulating. Communication Theory. 84-104. 2001
- Relational Positioning Strategies in Police Calls: A Dilemma. Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of text and talk. 201-225. 1999
- Research on language and social interaction in 1999: An introduction. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 1-4. 1999
- Discourse as social interaction. Journal of Communication. 142-145. 1998
- Discourse as structure and process. Journal of Communication. 142-145. 1998
- Rudeness at 911 - Reconceptualizing face and face attack. Human Communication Research. 225-251. 1998
- Emotion labor at 911: A case study and theoretical critique. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 390-411. 1998
- Disorders of discourse. Discourse and Society: an international journal for the study of discourse and communication in their social, political and cultural contexts. 420-422. 1998
- Analyzing context: Framing the discussion. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 1-28. 1998
- Relating: Dialogues and dialectics - Baxter,LA, Montgomery,BM. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 394-396. 1997
- Qualitative contributions to empirical research - Editors' foreword. Human Communication Research. 451-452. 1997
- Conversational realities: Constructing life through language - Shotter,J. Human Studies: a journal for philosophy and the social sciences. 117-123. 1997
- Interactional trouble in emergency service requests: A problem of frames. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 315-343. 1997
- Verbal hygiene - Cameron,D. Discourse and Society: an international journal for the study of discourse and communication in their social, political and cultural contexts. 570-572. 1996
- Discreet indiscretions: The social organization of gossip - Bergmann,JR. Discourse and Society: an international journal for the study of discourse and communication in their social, political and cultural contexts. 440-441. 1996
- GROUNDED PRACTICAL THEORY - THE CASE OF INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION. Communication Theory. 248-272. 1995
- SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN COMMUNICATION - BUTTNY,R. Language in Society. 279-282. 1995
- ACTION-IMPLICATIVE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 195-215. 1995
- THE IDENTITY WORK OF QUESTIONING IN INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION. Communication Monographs. 281-302. 1994
- Boundary Drawing in Language and Social Interaction Study. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 423-425. 1994
- Talking About Ideas: Academics' Beliefs About Appropriate Communicative Practices. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 319-349. 1994
- LANGUAGE AS IDEOLOGY - HODGE,R, KRESS,G. Discourse and Society: an international journal for the study of discourse and communication in their social, political and cultural contexts. 425-426. 1994
- RESPONSIBILITY AND EVIDENCE IN ORAL DISCOURSE - HILL,JT, IRVINE,JT. Discourse and Society: an international journal for the study of discourse and communication in their social, political and cultural contexts. 411-412. 1994
- TELEPHONE CONVERSATION. - HOPPER,R. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 117-118. 1994
- INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION IN THE ACADEMY AS SITUATED DISCOURSE. Communication Monographs. 300-320. 1993
- Identity Enactment in Intellectual Discussion. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 171-194. 1993
- MISCOMMUNICATION AND PROBLEMATIC TALK - COUPLAND,N, GILES,H, WIEMANN,JM. Language in Society. 492-495. 1992
- Multiple Goals in Discourse: An Overview of Issues. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 1-13. 1990
- Framing discourse research to speak to issues of communicative practice. Text and Talk: an interdisciplinary journal of language, discourse and communication studies. 1990
- Giving criticism: A multiple goals case study. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 37-70. 1990
- A discourse analysis of four discourse studies. Discourse Processes. 243-259. 1988
- “Good” and “Bad” Criticism: A Descriptive Analysis. Journal of Communication. 46-59. 1987
- THE DISCOURSE OF REQUESTS ASSESSMENT OF A POLITENESS APPROACH. Human Communication Research. 437-468. 1986
- Staying on topic: An explication of conversational relevance∗. Discourse Processes. 447-464. 1984
- The effect of multiple goals on conversational relevance and topic shift. Communication Monographs. 274-287. 1984
- THE DISCOURSE OF REQUESTS - ASSESSMENT OF A COMPLIANCE-GAINING APPROACH. Human Communication Research. 513-538. 1984
- THE ISSUE-EVENT DISTINCTION: A RULE OF CONVERSATION AND ITS SCOPE CONDITION. Human Communication Research. 320-334. 1983

editor of

chapter
- Discourses of Religion. 456-565-456-565. 2015
- Indexicality. 788-793. 2015

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison 1981
M.A., Bowling Green State University Central office 1974
B.S., Pennsylvania State Univ Erie Behrend College 1972

awards and honors

Julia T. Wood Teacher/Scholar Award, conferred by Pennsylvania Communication Association, 2019
NCA Distinguished Scholars, conferred by National Communication Association, 2010

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