Parental other-repetition in Mandarin parent-child interaction
- 作者：Chiung-chih Huang ; cchuang@nccu.edu.tw ; [Author Vitae]
- 关键词：Repetition ; Parent&ndash ; child interaction ; Pragmatic functions ; Mandarin
- 刊名：Journal of Pragmatics
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：79_03782166
- 类别：cp
- 出版时间：March, 2012
- 卷：44
- 期：4
- 页码：542-562
- 文件大小：571 K
摘要
This study investigated the types and functions of parental other-repetition in Mandarin parent-child interaction from a discourse-pragmatic perspective. The subjects of this study were two Mandarin-speaking parent-child dyads. The data included six hours of natural conversations recorded when the children were between the ages of 2;1 and 3;1. Parental other-repetitions were classified into four repetition types: exact, reduced, modified, or expanded. The different types of repetitions were further analyzed to examine the pragmatic functions of Mandarin parental other-repetition within the framework of communicative exchanges. It was found that the parents used the different types of repetition for a variety of communicative purposes such as acknowledging the receipt of information, asking for clarification, asking for confirmation, targeting a next action, and reformulating the child's utterances. The results also showed that the parents鈥?use of other-repetition reflected the particular nature of child-directed speech, and the parents鈥?attempts to foster interaction.