Publications

Publication details [#8512]

Schieffelin, Bambi B. 1979. Looking and talking: The functions of gaze direction in the conversation of a young child and her mother. Pragmatics Microfiche 3 (5) : A2–B14.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | eye contact

Annotation

A review of the previous literature, and a discussion of the methods and results of an investigation on the function of eye-contact in language learning.

Reprints

Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin. 1983. In Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin, eds. Acquiring conversational competence. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 50–65.