Harvey Sacks
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1935 – 1975
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Who was Harvey Sacks?
Harvey Sacks was an American sociologist influenced by the ethnomethodology tradition. He pioneered extremely detailed studies of the way people use language in everyday life. Despite his early death in a car crash and the fact that he did not publish widely, he founded the discipline of conversation analysis. His work has had significant influence on fields such as linguistics, discourse analysis, and discursive psychology.
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1935
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Nov 1, 1975
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on July 23, 2013
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