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Children's disputes in three speach communities1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Laura Lein  and
Donald Brenneis
Laura Lein
Affiliation:
Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College & Pitzer College
Donald Brenneis
Affiliation:
Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College & Pitzer College
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Despite considerable recent research on child discourse, there has been little controlled cross-cultural work. Numerous valuable studies of children's speech events in specific societies are available, but comparisons are largely anecdotal and informal. Similarly, several analytical schemata have been developed to deal with particular types of discourse in particular societies (see, for example, Sinclair & Coulthard 1975; Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson 1974 Brenneis & Lein 1977; Watson & Boggs 1977), but their applicability in other contexts has not been tested. Comparative research is necessary both to test the generality of interpretations of child discourse based on research in one society and to explore the cross-cultural utility of analytical methods.

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Articles: Sequencing in Children's Discourse
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Language in Society , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , December 1978 , pp. 299 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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