Wootton2014

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Wootton2014
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Wootton2014
Author(s) Anthony J. Wootton
Title Two request forms of four year olds
Editor(s) Paul Drew, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
Tag(s) EMCA, Children, Requests, Recruitments, Sequential organization
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2014
Language English
City Amsterdam / Philadelphia
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 171–184
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/slsi.26.07woo
ISBN
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Institution
School
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Edition
Series Studies in Language and Social Interaction
Howpublished
Book title Requesting in Social Interaction
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Abstract

The occurrence of declarative I want and interrogative Can I request forms is examined in the natural language use of four year old children with their parents in the home. The analysis focuses on the use of these forms after an initial request has been turned down and after the use of imperatives by parents. The analysis suggests that in these sequential positions these forms are used in non-equivalent ways. Further evidence relating to the use of these forms in sequence initial positions suggests certain parallels with the earlier findings.

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