Discourse Patterns in First Language Use at Hcme and Second Language Learning at School: an Ethnographic Approach



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In a Unit, the following moves are identified:

REQUEST KOVE

The act of seeking InformationzexplanationZclarification from, or
control over, the addressee.

May or may not be in interrogative form.

The Request is acknowledged as such by the addressee in that a
Response is provided.

REPLY MOVE

The addressee's act of acknowledging an act as Request and giving
infOrmationZexpIanationZclarlf!cation, or performing the action, or
probing with further questions .

COMFIRMATION MOVE

The addresser's act of acknowledging that a response has been given
by the addressee, by commenting on it andZor proceeding with
further Requests.

CS 14.06,1 to 15 Participants: T=TCs aunt, TC=Target Child Antonio

Ol T That small sugar cane that was inside here, was it taken ?

unit and CS starts here, T sustaining interaction

02

TC

Where?

unit continues

03

T

Here!

Я          и

04

TC

Eh! [no!

я          и

05

T

You took it

я          я

06

T

But it isn’t there any more!

я    и

07

TC

Ah! You're lying, auntie

unit ends here

08

TC

Inside here?                    new

unit starts, TC sustaining

09

T

Yes, it isn't there

unit continues

10

T

Γm going to see, perhaps it's inside

the house, there

11

TC

Get it open, and look for it

unit continues

12

T

I'm going to look, yes!

unit continues

13

TC

Are you going there?

я        я

14

T

Where?

я        я

15 TC To the shop                                  end of unit and CS



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