Stribling Penny, Rae John, Dickerson Paul
Centre for Research into Cognition, Emotion & Interaction, School of Human & Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Whitelands College, Holybourne Avenue, London SW154JD, UK.
Clin Linguist Phon. 2009 Aug;23(8):555-82. doi: 10.1080/02699200802491165.
Some higher functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are reported to produce perseverative talk, especially around 'special interests'. Topic perseveration is a form of pragmatic impairment captured in Prizant and Rydell's (1993) continuum of unconventional verbal behaviour in autism. Although widely reported, there is little systematic empirical research into this phenomenon. This paper considers the utility of Conversation Analysis in developing knowledge in this area, drawing upon data involving a boy with an ASD interacting with a researcher and a mobile robot platform. Although a frequency analysis of the boy's talk on a single topic may suggest that it is perseverative in nature, in a sequential analysis of both talk and non-spoken activities this study aims to show how these may be interactionally-embedded. It is suggested that, in considering the interactional salience of apparently perseverative talk, it can be useful to explore the participation framework in which the topic is revisited.
据报道，一些自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）中功能较高的个体存在持续性言语，尤其是围绕“特殊兴趣”。话题持续性是一种语用障碍形式，在普里赞特和赖德尔（1993）关于自闭症非传统言语行为连续体的研究中有所体现。尽管这一现象被广泛报道，但针对此现象的系统性实证研究却很少。本文通过一个患有ASD的男孩与一名研究人员以及一个移动机器人平台互动的数据，探讨会话分析在该领域知识发展中的作用。虽然对男孩在单一话题上的言语进行频率分析可能表明其本质上具有持续性，但在对言语和非言语活动进行序列分析时，本研究旨在展示这些活动如何在互动中得以体现。研究表明，在考虑明显具有持续性的言语的互动显著性时，探索话题被重新提及的参与框架可能会有所帮助。
