Conversation Analysis

Education facts

Code: 5NS224

The conversation is essential to mankind, as a species and as individuals. One cannot stress enough the importance and implications of conversation. It is highly likely that spoken language evolved before written language. In early childhood, we acquire language through social interaction with our kin. Conversation lies at the heart of various services in the public sector, such as law enforcement, health care and public education. Furthermore, conversation skills play a key role in working in both the public and private sectors. If you would like to learn about the characteristics of conversation in different contexts or want to gain insight into conversation research, this may be the course for you.

Entry requirements

30 credits in one subject

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Conversation Analysis

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 28 March 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %