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Publication details [#6846]

Mitchell-Kernan, Claudia and Keith T. Kernan. 1977. Pragmatics of directive choice among children. In Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, eds. Child discourse. Academic Press. pp. 189–208.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive, L1-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English, Black

Annotation

An examination of some aspects of the use of directives among a group of black American children. The social distribution of directive types used by the children and the relationships between particular directives and broader interactional goals are explored.