Two request forms of four year olds

Wootton, Anthony J.

doi:10.1075/slsi.26.07woo

In:Requesting in Social Interaction
Edited by Paul Drew and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction 26] 2014
► pp. 171–184

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Two request forms of four year olds

Anthony J. Wootton | University of York

Published online: 17 December 2014

https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.26.07woo

The occurrence of declarative I want and interrogative Can I request forms is examined in the natural language use of four year old children with their parents in the home. The analysis focuses on the use of these forms after an initial request has been turned down and after the use of imperatives by parents. The analysis suggests that in these sequential positions these forms are used in non-equivalent ways. Further evidence relating to the use of these forms in sequence initial positions suggests certain parallels with the earlier findings.

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