Antonio Bova
List of John Benjamins publications for which Antonio Bova plays a role.
2019 Parental strategies in argumentative dialogues with their children at mealtimes Language and Dialogue 9:3, pp. 379–401 | Article
This study focuses on parent-child argumentation to identify the argumentative strategies most frequently used by parents to resolve in their favor the process of negotiation occurring during argumentative dialogues with their children at mealtime. Findings of the analysis of 132 argumentative… read more
2017 Chapter 11. The transmission of what is taken for granted in children’s socialization: The role of argumentation in family interactions Argumentation across Communities of Practice: Multi-disciplinary perspectives, Ilie, Cornelia and Giuliana Garzone (eds.), pp. 259–288 | Chapter
Argumentation is often considered as a way to transmit explicit information. However, in daily context-based activities, argumentation practices are embedded in discussions where many norms, beliefs, and values are taken for granted. Our objective is to evaluate the consequences of this daily… read more
2015 “This is the cheese bought by Grandpa”: A study of the arguments from authority used by parents with their children during mealtime conversations Journal of Argumentation in Context 4:2, pp. 133–157 | Article
This paper aims to examine how parents use the argument from authority and its effectiveness to persuade their children to accept rules and prescriptions during mealtimes. Using the model of a critical discussion integrated with the Argumentum Model of Topics as analytical approach, a corpus of 31… read more
2015 Adult as a source of expert opinion in child’s argumentation during family mealtime conversations Interpersonal Argumentation, Weger, Jr, Harry (ed.), pp. 4–20 | Article
The present study addresses the issue of how the differences in age and roles with their parents can affect the children’s choice of the argumentative strategies they adopt in their discussions. The findings show that when children refer to a third person as a source of expert opinion, the expert… read more
2015 Beyond conflicts: Origin and types of issues leading to argumentative discussions during family mealtimes Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 3:2, pp. 263–288 | Article
This paper sets out to investigate the issues leading parents to engage in argumentative discussions with their children during mealtimes. Within a data corpus of 30 video-recorded meals of 10 middle to upper-middle-class Swiss and Italian families with a high socio-cultural level, 107… read more