Burdelski2019

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Burdelski2019
BibType ARTICLE
Key Burdelski2019
Author(s) Matthew Burdelski
Title Young children’s multimodal participation in storytelling: Analysing talk and gesture in Japanese family interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, Children, Japanese, Gesture, Storytelling, Participation
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Year 2019
Language English
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Journal Research on Children and Social Interaction
Volume 3
Number 1-2
Pages 6–35
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DOI 10.1558/rcsi.37284
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Abstract

In what ways do young children use talk and gesture to participate in conversational storytelling with family members? This paper addresses this question by examining the interactions between Japanese-speaking children (ages one year and ten months to two years and five months) and their parents at the dining table. In focusing on children’s use of talk and gesture in inhabiting the dynamic and shifting roles of ‘recipient’ and ‘speaker’, the analysis shows how children (1) display their understanding of parents’ tellings and (2) animate the activities, social actions, and stances of characters (self and other). It also shows how parents respond to children’s talk and gesture, through practices such as alignment, assessment and repair. The findings shed light on children’s multimodal participation in conversational storytelling, and their abilities to engage in action and make relevant contributions to interaction.

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