TY - JOUR
T1 - Misunderstanding and repair in Tactile Auslan
AU - Willoughby, Louisa Jane Vaughan
AU - Manns, Howard John
AU - Iwasaki, Shimako
AU - Bartlett, Meredith Jane
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article discusses ways in which misunderstandings arise in Tactile Australian Sign Language (Tactile Auslan) and how they are resolved. Of particular interest are the similarities to and differences from the same processes in visually signed and spoken conversation. This article draws on detailed conversation analysis (CA) and demonstrates the power of this methodology for uncovering the subtleties of misunderstanding and repair in deaf-blind communication. In doing so, it aids our understanding of the challenges deaf-blind people encounter in adapting a visual sign language for tactile delivery. Above all, this article demonstrates that experienced tactile signers have a range of strategies at their disposal to resolve interactional trouble and deploy them quickly and effectively when misunderstandings arise.
AB - This article discusses ways in which misunderstandings arise in Tactile Australian Sign Language (Tactile Auslan) and how they are resolved. Of particular interest are the similarities to and differences from the same processes in visually signed and spoken conversation. This article draws on detailed conversation analysis (CA) and demonstrates the power of this methodology for uncovering the subtleties of misunderstanding and repair in deaf-blind communication. In doing so, it aids our understanding of the challenges deaf-blind people encounter in adapting a visual sign language for tactile delivery. Above all, this article demonstrates that experienced tactile signers have a range of strategies at their disposal to resolve interactional trouble and deploy them quickly and effectively when misunderstandings arise.
UR - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/sign_language_studies/v014/14.4.willoughby.pdf
U2 - 10.1353/sls.2014.0014
DO - 10.1353/sls.2014.0014
M3 - Article
VL - 14
SP - 419
EP - 443
JO - Sign Language Studies
JF - Sign Language Studies
SN - 0302-1475
IS - 4
ER -