Life With the Alien: Role Casting and Face-Saving Techniques in Family Conversation with Young Children.

Fatigante, Marilena; Fasulo, Alessandra; Pontecorvo, Clotilde

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ERIC Number: EJ579775

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Life With the Alien: Role Casting and Face-Saving Techniques in Family Conversation with Young Children.

Fatigante, Marilena; Fasulo, Alessandra; Pontecorvo, Clotilde

Issues in Applied Linguistics, v9 n2 p97-121 Dec 1998

A qualitative study analyzed the distribution of participation by young children (ages 3-5) in family dinnertime conversation, focusing on "backstage talk," sequences adjacent to those in which the child is involved and within his auditory range, so that the child-projected participation-role alternates between that of addressee and overhearer. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Family Environment, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Patterns, Language Research, Preschool Children, Qualitative Research, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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