Preference Organisation And Peer Disputes

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Ashgatepublishing Ltd
Publisher Place: Farnham,UK
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 280 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. How Young Children Resolve Conflict.

Publishers Description: How do children get their own way in arguments? What is the most effective way of pursuing one's own goals in preschool? 'Use your words' is an instruction frequently heard in nurseries and pre-schools encouraging young children to resolve the situation through verbal rather than physical means. Discourse is seen as the solution, yet, what words are the children supposed to use, and how do they go about resolving disputes? This fascinating book offers a conversation analysis of children's arguments, revealing disputing as a highly ordered, rule-governed activity, even amongst very young children. The author provides a rich theoretical discussion of the work in speech acts and conversational analysis, whilst offering a sophisticated review in relation to children's culture. It will be of great interest to conversation analysts within sociology and linguistics, as well as to educationalists and scholars of childhood.

ISBN: 9780754674412