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Publication details [#3628]

Garnica, Olga K. 1981. Social dominance and conversational interaction: The omega child in the classroom. In Green, Judith L. and Cynthia Wallat, eds. Ethnography and language in educational settings. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 229–252.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

authority | child-child conversation | classroom conversation | social status

Annotation

G. presents both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the verbal and nonverbal communication interactions of 'omega children' (those with very low standing in the social dominance hierarchy of the group) with the teacher and the other children.