Publications

Publication details [#60042]

Dixon, Sally. 2015. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!: Object requests, ownership and entitlement in a children's play session. Journal of Pragmatics 82 : 39–51.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

children's play | expectation | object | request for action

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This conversation analytic study discloses how Aboriginal children in remote Central Australia reckon strongly on two ‘toy getting’ strategies: ‘gimme’ requests and grabs. Both involve an expectation of consent.