Tam2021
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Tam2021 |
Author(s) | Catherine L. Tam |
Title | Children’s demands for parental action |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation analysis, Deontic authority, Directives, Socialization, Parent-child interaction, Agency |
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Year | 2021 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Research on Children and Social Interaction |
Volume | 5 |
Number | 1 |
Pages | 12-32 |
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DOI | 10.1558/rcsi.18054 |
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Abstract
Theory and research on parent–child interaction generally make a priori assumptions of asymmetry in authority between parent and child. Rather than investigating how children exercise autonomy by resisting parental authority, I examine their methods for exercising deontic authority in interaction with their parents. Using conversation analysis and drawing on Stevanovic and Peräkylä’s distinction between deontic status and stance, I analyse video-recorded naturally occurring interactions in which children issue demands to their parents, thus claiming a high deontic stance. Parents may choose to comply and reinforce the claim or not. Domains of deontic authority are (re)negotiated when children pursue compliance; though children can test the boundaries of their authority, parental responses reinforce them, reifying their own authority.
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