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Object transfer, intersubjectivity and third position repair: early developmental observations of one child*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Anthony J. Wootton
Anthony J. Wootton*
Affiliation:
University of York
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Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD, UK.
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Abstract

Interaction sequences are explored which are initiated by either child requests or adult offers of objects. The focus is on those sequences in which the child does not want an object that is passed to her, and on how the child manages such an interactional contingency. Throughout the age range in question, 1;0 to 1;8, the child uses re-requests where this contingency occurs in request sequences. The analysis traces the development of these re-requests and compares them with other forms of re-request. In addition, differences are uncovered as between request and offer sequences concerning the child's ways of dealing with an unwanted object that is passed to her. Linkages are made between these themes and work on third position repair within conversation analysis. Home based video-recordings of one child between the ages of 1;0 and 1;8 constitute the data base for the study.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , October 1994 , pp. 543 - 564
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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Footnotes

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A version of this paper was presented at the conference on ‘Current work in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis’ at the University of Amsterdam in July 1991. I am grateful to John Local of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York for his assistance with phonetic transcription, and to Clare Tarplee of the National Hospitals College of Speech Sciences for her helpful comments on an earlier draft.

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