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Willoughby, Louisa; Manns, Howard; Iwasaki, Shimako; Bartlett, Meredith – Sign Language Studies, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Tactual Perception, Communication Problems
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May, Marian – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
In the context of low fertility and Australia's ageing population, a national longitudinal telephone survey, "Negotiating the Life Course" (NLC), asks women about their childbearing intentions. This paper uses conversation analysis (CA) to examine interaction between an interviewer and respondents on one NLC question about the likelihood…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Females, Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries