Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Order and the Construction of Meaning in Social Interaction: Troubled Communication Between Sighted and Partially Sighted/Blind People

本论文研究盲人和部分失明的人无法对可见的，非语音的手势做出反应，如何导致干扰性接触的中断。 在正常人和视障/盲人之间的日常社会交往中，会出现一系列问题。 会话分析将探讨如何插入修复（例如，尽管存在这些问题，但循环转弯）仍保持意义的实现。 这项研究不仅将分析这些特定的互动是如何协商的，而且将展示视之为理所当然的可见手势在视力正常的人之间的人际交往中的作用。 参与者的观察和采访部分失明/盲人将开发一个广泛的描述intermittent问题。 录像互动将被用来分析更详细的中断和修复的会话过程。

This dissertation investigates how blind and partially sighted peoples' inability to respond to visible, non-vocal gestures leads to disruptions in interactional encounters. A consistent set of problems occur during everyday social interaction between sighted and visually impaired/blind people. Conversational analysis will explore how interactional repairs (e.g., recycled turns) maintain the achievement of meaning in spite of these problems. The research will not only analyze how these particular interactions are negotiated, but will demonstrate the role of taken-for-granted visible gestures in interpersonal communication among sighted people. Participant observation and interviews with partially sighted/blind people will develop a broad description of interactional problems. Videotaped interaction will be used to analyze the conversational process of disruption and repair in more detail.