Other-repetition in Mandarin child language: A discourse-pragmatic perspective  

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HUANG, CHIUNG-CHIH

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 42 no. 3 (Mar. 2010), page 825–839.
Topik: Repetition; Imitation; Child language; Mandarin Chinese
Fulltext: Huang_C.c.pdf (372.97KB)

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This study investigated the forms and functions of other-repetition in Mandarin child discourse from a discourse-pragmatic perspective. The subjects of this study were two Mandarin-speaking 2-year-olds. The data included 6 h of natural parent–child conversation. A broader definition of repetition was adopted: repetition can be exact, reduced, modified, or expanded. The findings support the contention that not all other-repetitions are imitations (OchsKeenan, 1977). It was found that the children used the different forms of repetition to perform a variety of communicative functions such as imitation, answering an information question, showing agreement/confirmation, showing denial/rejection, or providing expansion. Thus, the children’s other-repetitions are not constructed at random. It is concluded that other-repetition often reflects the children’s competence and not their incompetence as communicators.

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