Analysing Interactions in Childhood: Insights from Conversation Analysis

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Analysing Interactions in Childhood: Insights from Conversation Analysis

Hilary Gardner,Michael Forrester

Description

Offers a fresh perspective on how conversation analysis can be used to highlight the sophisticated nature of what children actually do when interacting with their peers, parents, and other adults.

Brings together a contributor team of leading experts in the emerging field of child-focused conversation analytic studies, from both academic and professional research backgrounds
Includes examples of typically developing children and those who face a variety of challenges to participation, as they interact with parents and friends, teachers, counsellors and health professionals
Encompasses linguistic, psychological and sociological perspectives
Offers new insights into children’s communication as they move from home into wider society, highlighting how this is expressed in different cultural contexts

About the Author

Hilary Gardner is a lecturer in Human Communication Sciences at Sheffield University, UK, and has worked as a speech and language therapist with children for over 30 years.

Michael Forrester is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. Previous publications include the Development of Young Children's Social- Cognitive Skills and Psychology of Language.

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