Forrester, Michael A., Cherington, Sarah M. (2009) The development of other-related conversational skills:A case study of conversational repair during the early years. First Language, 29 (2). pp. 166-191. ISSN 0142-7237. (doi:10.1177/0142723708094452) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:22806)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0142723708094452 |
Abstract
The analysis of conversational repair provides one route into understanding
how young children learn the skills required for participating in talk. One key
aspect of repair is the ability to respond appropriately to other participants.
Employing a longitudinal case study approach, this article examines in
detail the conversational repair skills of one child during the period where
she is acquiring core conversational abilities and competencies (from 1;0 to
3;10). Focusing on the development of other-related conversational repair
skills, 163 instances of other-related repair were examined and analysed.
Extracts highlight the skills the child employed in self-repairs in response to
others, as well as when repairing or correcting other people’s conversation.
The findings indicate that during the early years other-initiated self-repair
is a more common occurrence than repairing others’ talk. The findings
provide insights into the significance of conversational repair for language
development during the preschool years.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0142723708094452 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | (Conversation) analysis; conversational development; developmental pragmatics; early language development; self-repair |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Michael Forrester |
Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2009 12:55 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:02 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22806 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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