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The clarification request as a feature of adult interactive styles with young children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

William A. Corsaro
William A. Corsaro
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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Abstract

The analysis of videotaped naturally occurring adult—child interaction led to the isolation of the clarification request as a consistent feature of adult interactive styles. The analysis of the form and function of adult clarification requests demonstrated the importance of the interactive demands adults encounter when interacting with young children. The nature of these interactive demands and how adults deal with them are discussed in regard to Cicourel's (1970) notion of interpretive procedures. Finally, a discussion of the possible effects of adult interactive style on the child's development of communicative competence is presented. (Developmental sociolinguistics, conversational analysis, adult—child interaction, US English.)

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Language in Society , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 183 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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