Tam2021

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Tam2021
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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