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Ditchburn, Susan J. – 1985
This paper analyzes a conversational episode from a study of children's play in an educational setting to demonstrate conversational analysis as a research methodology. The analysis reveals the interactional means by which a dramatic play sequence is orchestrated. Children are seen to be sophisticated in their use of talk to create and shape the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dramatic Play, Foreign Countries, Pragmatics
