Rendle-Short2002

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Rendle-Short2002
BibType ARTICLE
Key Rendle-Short2002
Author(s) Johanna Rendle-Short
Title Managing interaction: a conversation analytic approach to the management of interaction by an 8 year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome
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Tag(s) EMCA, Children with disabilities, Asperger, Autism, Conversation Analysis
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Year 2002
Language English
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Journal Issues in Applied Linguistics
Volume 13
Number 2
Pages 161–186
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Abstract

This single-case study uses conversation analysis (CA) to investigate some oj the interactional difficulties faced by children with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Through an analysis of a single telephone conversation between an 8-year-old AS child and an adult and a peel; it shows the level oj interactional complexity required in managing talk. It argues that although the AS child is, on one level, successful in phoning her friend to ask a question, the success of the illteraction relies in part on the other interactants and their willingness to accommodate her different conversational norms. The study demonstrates how CA can be a useful tool for understanding some oj the interactional difficulties faced by AS children and adults alike.

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