| Authors/Editors: |
Goodwin, Marjorie Harness
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| Title: |
“Aggravated correction and disagreement in children's conversations.”
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| Year: |
1983 |
| Pages: |
pp. 657-677 |
| Publication type: |
Article in journal
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| In: |
Journal of Pragmatics 7
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| DOI: |
10.1016/0378-2166(83)90089-9 |
| Language: |
English |
| Keyword(s): |
black child  ; child-child conversation ; conflict ; conversational organization, L1-acquisition of ; intonation, L1-acquisition of ; repair ; turn, L1-acquisition of ; urban community |
| Annotation: |
Features of 'aggravated' correction and disagreement in the naturally occurring conversations of urban black children (ages 4-14) are investigated. Intonation contours, turnshapes, and the patterning of sequences demonstrate an orientation toward displaying rather than mitigating expressions of opposition with previous utterances. It is argued that such phenomena are constructed through systematic selections of alternatives to procedures for constructing agreement and for accomplishing repair in adult conversation. |