Early collaborations
Adult-child and child-adult co-construction of ‘but’-clauses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8252200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyle Lustigman (0000-0002-7184-3094) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 216-240 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interactional Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-4224 • E-ISSN: 2666-4232 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/il.20007.lus |
| OpenAlex | W3168633965 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
The present study examines the development of ‘but’-introduced clauses in adult-toddler conversations, distinguishing between autonomous productions ( I wanna stay but we need to go ) and adult-child co-constructed uses (Adult: we’re going home , Child: but I wanna stay ). Analyses covered all adult and child aval ‘but’ uses in three longitudinal Hebrew corpora (age-range: 1;5–3;3), showing that: (1) both adults and children mostly use aval ‘but’ in co-construction rather than autonomously; (2) adults begin co-constructing ‘but’-clauses with children months before the children start using ‘but’, mostly by elaborating on single-word child productions before adding the ‘but’-clause (Child: cup , Adult: that’s a cup, but you don’t like juice ); (3) as children start combining more clauses, adults gradually conjoin more ‘but’-clauses directly with the children’s productions, without elaboration (Child: let’s go . Adult: but first put on your shoes ). These patterns suggest that the main function of ‘but’-clauses in adult-child discourse is co-constructing ideas contributed by two (or more) interlocutors. Such co-constructions are initially scaffolded by the adults, until the children are able to contribute full-fledged propositions to co-constructions. These findings provide further evidence of the role of adult-child interaction in introducing and familiarizing children with new linguistic structures, and advancing their developing grammar
Art · Developmental psychology · Elaboration · Grammar · Humanities · Linguistics · Toddler · Language Development and Disorders · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |