Table of Contents

Introduction
TOPIC ORGANIZATION
Topic Drift
Communication and Mutual Engagement
SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATION
On the Organization of Sequences as a Source of "Coherence" in Talk-in-Interaction
The Politics of Intimacy: A Dialogical Analysis of "Being Intimate" in a Psychology Experiment
FORMATTING
The Role of Routines in the Evolution of Children's Peer Talk
A Dialogized Version of Piaget's Theory of Egocentric Speech
SOCIOCULTURAL VARIATION
Gender Differences in Conversational Coherence: Physical Alignment and Topical Cohesion
The Social Construction of Discourse Coherence in a Family Dinner Table Conversation
Parents and Their Children at Talk
Author Index
Subject Index