ABSTRACT

In this article I review conversation analytic work on “atypical interaction”—social interactions where a participant has a communicative impairment. Drawing together some of the main themes and findings in the field, I highlight three forms of atypicality in these interactions, with each linked to more than one type of communicative impairment: (a) atypical forms of delay in TCU progressivity; (b) atypical problems of understandability, intelligibility, and hearing; and (c) atypical actions. I also discuss forms of atypicality that appear to arise from one or more participants adapting their talk or conduct to deal with the impact of the impairment within interaction. The article concludes with some considerations of directions that future work in this field might take. Data are in British and Australian English.

摘要

在本文中，我回顾了有关“非典型互动”的对话分析工作，即参与者存在交流障碍的社交互动。总结了该领域的一些主要主题和发现，我着重介绍了这些互动中的三种非典型性形式，每种形式都与一种以上的沟通障碍有关：（a）TCU进行性延迟的非典型形式；（b）非典型的可理解性，清晰度和听力问题；（c）非典型行为。我还将讨论一种或多种形式的非典型性现象，这些形式似乎是由于一个或多个参与者调整其讲话或行为以应对互动中的障碍影响而引起的。本文最后考虑了该领域未来工作可能采取的方向。数据使用英国和澳大利亚英语。