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Publication details [#57503]

Takada, Akira. 2013. Generating morality in directive sequences: Distinctive strategies for developing communicative competence in Japanese caregiver–child interactions. Language & Communication 33 (4) : 420–438.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence | directive | language and culture | morality | mother-child conversation

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

In an effort to revise communicative competence, this paper concentrates on how young Japanese children and their caregivers shape interactions comprising directive sequences, paying close attention to practices linked to omoiyari (“empathy”), a characteristic value in Japanese culture.