Chapter 5. Young children’s experience of referentiality and nonreferentiality in dialogue
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Marine Le Mené Guigourès
Abstract
This chapter focuses on young children’s experience of referential and nonreferential uses of noun phrases (NPs) in everyday dialogues. Our study of a corpus of interactions between adults and children aged 1;10 to 2;6 showed that the indeterminacy and instability that might characterise children’s uses can also be found in adults’ discourse. Not only are (non)referential values co-constructed, but children are also not exposed to clear-cut contrasts between the uses or values of NPs. On the contrary, both in the adults’ discourse and in the way adults react to children’s utterances, they seem to experience the fact that noun phrases potentially present various facets, which can be successively or simultaneously activated in dialogue.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on young children’s experience of referential and nonreferential uses of noun phrases (NPs) in everyday dialogues. Our study of a corpus of interactions between adults and children aged 1;10 to 2;6 showed that the indeterminacy and instability that might characterise children’s uses can also be found in adults’ discourse. Not only are (non)referential values co-constructed, but children are also not exposed to clear-cut contrasts between the uses or values of NPs. On the contrary, both in the adults’ discourse and in the way adults react to children’s utterances, they seem to experience the fact that noun phrases potentially present various facets, which can be successively or simultaneously activated in dialogue.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Toward the interactional relevance of (non)referentiality 1
- Chapter 2. Elusive referentiality and allusive reference in Indonesian conversation 11
- Chapter 3. First and second person forms as resources for open reference and participation in Finnish everyday conversations 35
- Chapter 4. The (non)referentiality of the word raha ‘money’ in Finnish conversation 56
- Chapter 5. Young children’s experience of referentiality and nonreferentiality in dialogue 80
- Chapter 6. (Non)referentiality of silent reference in Japanese conversation 103
- Chapter 7. The indeterminacy and fluidity of reference in everyday conversation 123
- Chapter 8. Manipulating referentiality and creating phaticness 141
- Chapter 9. An interactional approach to generic second person expressions in Mandarin conversation 167
- Name index 203
- Subject index 205
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Toward the interactional relevance of (non)referentiality 1
- Chapter 2. Elusive referentiality and allusive reference in Indonesian conversation 11
- Chapter 3. First and second person forms as resources for open reference and participation in Finnish everyday conversations 35
- Chapter 4. The (non)referentiality of the word raha ‘money’ in Finnish conversation 56
- Chapter 5. Young children’s experience of referentiality and nonreferentiality in dialogue 80
- Chapter 6. (Non)referentiality of silent reference in Japanese conversation 103
- Chapter 7. The indeterminacy and fluidity of reference in everyday conversation 123
- Chapter 8. Manipulating referentiality and creating phaticness 141
- Chapter 9. An interactional approach to generic second person expressions in Mandarin conversation 167
- Name index 203
- Subject index 205
