Stevanovic2020a

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Stevanovic2020a
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Stevanovic2020a
Author(s) Melisa Stevanovic
Title Mobilizing student compliance: On the directive use of Finnish second-person declaratives and interrogatives during violin instruction
Editor(s) Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Emma Betz, Peter Golato
Tag(s) EMCA, Instructional interaction, Music education, Violin lessons, Directives, Declaratives, Compliance, Interrogatives, Temporality, Bodily activities, Finnish
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2020
Language English
City Amsterdam
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Pages 115-145
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/slsi.33.05ste
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Institution
School
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Howpublished
Book title Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities
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Abstract

Drawing on video-recorded violin lessons as data, the article describes the violin teacher’s use of Finnish second-person declarative and interrogative directives in mobilizing student compliance. The data show that the declarative directives are regularly used when (1) the student is already engaged in the task at hand and (2) the nominated actions concern the basics of violin playing. The paper argues that these directives are thus not only about mobilizing recipient action locally but also about establishing normatively-desired behavior more generally. The interrogative directives, then again, are typically used when (1) there has been a momentary shortcoming in the student’s prior behavior and (2) the nominated action is a one-time accomplishment facilitating the smooth unfolding of the instructional encounter.

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