A Primer for Doing Talk-in-interaction Research in Augmentative 
and Alternative Communication

Abstract

The study of talk-in-interaction is focused on how people conduct social interactions in real world situations, in real-time. The purpose of this article is to provide a primer for understanding talk-in-interaction research, conversation analysis and microanalysis in the AAC field. An overview of talk-in-interaction research and a discussion of important issues in the field will be presented, followed by a tutorial on conducting microanalytic investigations in AAC.

Keywords::

• Talk-in-interaction
• Conversation analysis
• Social interaction
• Augmentative and alternative communication
• 
Micro-analysis

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to express their appreciation for the continued assistance and suggestions by Regina Estrada and for the helpful comments made by the reviewers.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no 
conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

This research is funded under grant #H133E080011 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.