Walker, G. (2013) Young children’s use of laughter after transgressions. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 46 (4). 363 - 382 . ISSN 0835-1813
Abstract
Can very young children deploy laughter interactionally? Using data from video recordings of 52 interactions between six mothers and their young children, this article examines one particular kind of sequence in which interactionally ordered child laughter occurs. In that sequence, the young child commits some kind of potential transgression (e.g., breaking wind, standing on objects on the floor, or playing in a proscribed location). The child's mother then draws attention to the potential transgression in some way (e.g., by admonishing the child, requesting a change to the child's behavior, issuing a particular kind of child-directed gaze), thus treating the child's action as constituting a transgression. At some point following the potential transgression, the child laughs. What is shown is that even young children can fit their laughter to the ongoing interactional sequence. It is argued that the child's laughter provides for a display of affiliation from the mother.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Research on Language and Social Interaction. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) > Department of English Language and Linguistics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2015 13:51 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2024 10:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/08351813.2013.810415 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88497 |