Erving Goffman has argued that the threat of losing one's face is an omnirelevant concern that penetrates all actions in encounters. However, studies have shown that compared with neurotypical individuals, persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder can be less preoccupied with how others perceive them and thus possibly less concerned of face in interaction. Drawing on a data set of Finnish quasinatural conversations, we use the means of conversation analysis to compare the practices of facework in storytelling sequences involving neurotypical (NT) participants and participants diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (AS). We found differences in the ways in which the AS and NT participants in our data managed face threats in interaction, where they spontaneously assumed the roles of both storytellers and story recipients. We discuss our findings in relation to theories of self in interaction, with an aim to illuminate both typical and atypical interactional practices of facework.

欧文·高夫曼（Erving Goffman）辩称，丢脸的威胁是一种无所不在的忧虑，它贯穿了相遇中的所有行动。但是，研究表明，与神经型个体相比，被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍的人可能不太关注他人如何看待他们，因此可能更少地关注人与人之间的互动。利用芬兰准自然对话的数据集，我们使用对话分析的方法来比较涉及神经型（NT）参与者和被诊断患有阿斯伯格综合症（AS）的参与者在叙事序列中的面部表情练习。我们发现，数据中的AS和NT参与者在交互中面临威胁的方式不同，他们自发地承担了讲故事者和接受故事者的角色。