IntroductionTOPIC ORGANIZATIONTopic DriftCommunication and Mutual EngagementSEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONOn the Organization of Sequences as a Source of "Coherence" in Talk-in-InteractionThe Politics of Intimacy: A Dialogical Analysis of "Being Intimate" in a Psychology ExperimentFORMATTINGThe Role of Routines in the Evolution of Children's Peer TalkA Dialogized Version of Piaget's Theory of Egocentric SpeechSOCIOCULTURAL VARIATIONGender Differences in Conversational Coherence: Physical Alignment and Topical CohesionThe Social Construction of Discourse Coherence in a Family Dinner Table ConversationParents and Their Children at TalkAuthor IndexSubject Index