Social Class Differences in the Expression of Uncertainty in Five-Year-Old Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10255191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey J Turner (University of London, corresponding author), R E Pickvance (University of London Institute of Education) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 303-325 |
| Publication date | 1971-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8309 • E-ISSN: 1756-6053 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002383097101400401 |
| PMID | 5150023 |
| OpenAlex | W1836767298 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 8 |
Speech samples were obtained from five-year-old children differing in social class, verbal intelligence test scores and sex. The linguistic devices used by the children to express uncertainty were analysed. It was found that middle-class children, relative to working-class children, were more likely to use the egocentric sequence, certain types of question, refusals, suppositions based on perception and, in a certain context, hypothetical statements. Medium ability children, relative to high ability children, were more likely to use one type of sociocentric sequence, the reversed polarity tag, and certain types of question. These results support the hypothesis that the orientation towards the use of expressions of uncertainty is more strongly related to social class than to verbal ability. The results are related to Bernstein's work on types of familial socialisation
Class (philosophy · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Middle class · Nonverbal communication · Perception · Social class · Test (biology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Cohesion and Social Stratification
Social Control and Schooling
A Comparative Study of the Questions Asked by Two Groups of Seven Year Old Boys Differing in Social Class
Implications of Language Socialization for Reading Models and for Learning to Read
A Systemic Model of the Elaborated Code
Formal Operational Reasoning and Its Relationship to Complex Speech Patterns and Tentative Statement Use
Expressing Uncertainty in Computer-Mediated Discourse
The deficit, difference, and bicultural theories of black dialect and nonstandard English
Oral or Written Language
Elaborated Speech and Hesitation Phenomena
Cognitive Stage Differences in Types of Speaker Uncertainty Markers
Modality in language and thinking
Variations in Mothers' Answers to Children's Questions, as a Function of Social Class, Verbal Intelligence Test Scores and Sex
Social Class, Linguistic Codes and Grammatical Elements
Social Class Language Differences in Group Discussions
Notes on transitivity and theme in English Part I
Notes on transitivity and theme in English
Notes on transitivity and theme in English Part 3
Contextual Specificity, Discretion, and Cognitive Socialization
Social Class Differences in the Relevance of Language to Socialization
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2012 (42) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |