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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