Explanations in naturally occurring peer talk: Conversational emergence and function, thematic scope, and contribution to the development of discursive skills  

Oleh:

Blum-Kulka, Shoshana ; Hamo, Michal ; Habib, Talia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 30 no. 3-4 (Aug. 2010), page 440–460.
Topik: decontextualized language; explanatory discourse; peer talk; pragmatic development
Fulltext: p. 440-460.pdf (526.16KB)

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This study examines explanations in children’s natural peer talk, as they emerge in collaborative interaction among children, in two cohorts: preschoolers (aged 4–5) and preadolescents (aged 9–10). The study examined 322 explanations for the diversity of their content-components, their modes of emergence, and social functions. Quantitative analysis revealed a wide range of explanation topics in both cohorts, with a shift with age from the immediate to the more distant. Discourse analysis of explanatory sequences demonstrated a high sensitivity to conversational notions of expectedness and an effective use of explanations for a rich array of pragmatic and social functions, as well as the affordances of peer talk explanations as a potential site for learning and developing the discursive skills of decontextualized discourse

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