Publications

Publication details [#60043]

Ogiermann, Eva. 2015. In/directness in Polish children's requests at the dinner table. Journal of Pragmatics 82 : 67–82.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | dinner conversation | indirectness | request | socialization

Language as a subject

Polish

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper debates how Polish children request and obtain objects during family mealtimes, focusing on (in)directness and related language style. It addresses some aspects linked to their performative request form choice and adds to research on child agency and socialisation.