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Publication details [#57677]

Walker, Gareth. 2013. Young Children's Use of Laughter After Transgressions. Research on Language and Social Interaction 46 (4) : 363–382.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

affect | error | interactive processing | laughter | mother-child conversation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This article shows that even young children can deploy laughter interactionally. It is argued that child laughter after a potential transgression -as indicated in mother-child interaction sequences- provides for an affiliation display from the mother.