The Role of the Initial Utterance in Contingent Query Sequences: Its Influence on Responses to Requests for Clarification.

Furrow, David; Lewis, Sherry

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Role of the Initial Utterance in Contingent Query Sequences: Its Influence on Responses to Requests for Clarification.

Furrow, David; Lewis, Sherry

Journal of Child Language, v14 n3 p467-79 Oct 1987

Analysis of two- to five-year-olds' (N=26) responses to queries regarding utterances they made during free play indicated that social context interacted with response type, demonstrating that the initial utterance had a role in response determination and was important to the contingent query sequence. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Play, Questioning Techniques, Social Environment, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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