Bedrosian J L, Prutting C A
J Speech Hear Res. 1978 Mar;21(1):79-95. doi: 10.1044/jshr.2101.79.
A sociolinguistic analysis of the communicative performances and social interactions of four mentally retarded adults was conducted. Role relationships were examined along dimensions of dominance-submission and control in various conversational settings. Audiotape recordings were made of each adult's conversation while engaged in discourse with his speech-language pathologist, peers, parents, and with a normal young child. Relational communication coding schemes involving the analysis of questions and subsequent responses were applied to the data. Results indicated that the retarded adults, though not always able to hold a dominant position in a conversation, were capable of expressing the same types of control as normal adults. The types of control expressed by each subject varied as a function of the conversational setting. Furthermore, differences existed in the types and frequencies of control expressed across subjects. These findings suggest that a sociolinguistic approach provides important information regarding the mentally retarded adult's communicative performance.
对四名成年智障人士的交际表现和社会互动进行了社会语言学分析。在各种对话场景中，从主导-服从和控制维度对角色关系进行了考察。对每位成年人在与言语病理学家、同龄人、父母以及一名正常幼儿交谈时的对话进行了录音。将涉及问题分析和后续回答的关系性沟通编码方案应用于这些数据。结果表明，智障成年人虽然并非总能在对话中占据主导地位，但能够表现出与正常成年人相同类型的控制。每个受试者所表现出的控制类型因对话场景而异。此外，不同受试者在控制类型和频率上也存在差异。这些发现表明，社会语言学方法为了解成年智障人士的交际表现提供了重要信息。
