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The development of directives among Norwegian and Hungarian children: an example of communicative style in culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Marida Hollos
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Brown Univeristy
William Beeman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Brown Univeristy

Extract

A great deal of interest has developed in the last few years in studying children's linguistic routines in interaction as a means toward understanding child cognitive development (see for example Mitchell-Kernan & Ervin-Tripp 1977). In this study we hope to extend the parameters of this line of research to include cross- cultural investigation. We also hope to shift the focus of investigation away from concentration on children's routinized usage of linguistic form to concentration on children's strategies in their total communicative behavior, both linguistic and non-linguistic.

Type
Articles: Sequencing in Children's Discourse
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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