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Life With the Alien: Role Casting and Face-Saving Techniques in Family Conversation with Young Children.
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Fatigante, Marilena; Fasulo, Alessandra; Pontecorvo, Clotilde – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1998
A qualitative study analyzed the distribution of participation by young children (ages 3-5) in family dinnertime conversation, focusing on "backstage talk," sequences adjacent to those in which the child is involved and within his auditory range, so that the child-projected participation-role alternates between that of addressee and overhearer.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Family Environment, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication