Abstract
This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of using both the idea of membership categorization device (MCD) and findings of sequential organization at the same time in order to analyze interaction. First, it is shown that MCD is identified with findings of logico-grammatical analysis. Second, it is shown that MCD is in fact rejected by one of the methodological constraints laid by E. Schegloff, “The problem of procedural consequence”. Third, it is maintained that this rejection leads to the possibility that we cannot fully explicate members' description because it underestimates the relevance of MCD in each setting. Finally, an alternative is proposed: using both MCD and findings of sequential organization at the same time.
