A Conversation-Analytic Investigation of Disorganized Speech in Face-to-Face Interactions with Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia:
[Thesis]
Isaac, Adrienne
Why Methodology Matters
Goodwin, Charles
UCLA
2013
UCLA
2013
This study investigates five types of disorganized speech as defined in the psychiatric literature in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia through ethnographic and conversation-analytic methods. Data analyzed for this research have been taken from a video ethnography study investigating the ecological validity of participants' functioning and neurocognitive assessments (Bromley et al., 2012a; Bromley et al., 2012b). Results of this research highlight (a) the difference in analytical privilege between analysts and interlocutors; (b) the distributed, rather than individual, responsibility of managing the consequences of disorganized speech; (c) the way in which face-management takes precedence over mutual understanding of talk and d) the way in which communicative breakdowns are not conversational endpoints. Social skill interventions geared towards behavioral transfer to real-world settings can benefit from an understanding of the interactional resources underlying face-to-face interaction.