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5.2 Participants, Topic and Purpose of Interaction
5.2.1 Hone Conversations
As measured by number of utterances, children at hone talk slightly nore
than adults, but, considering also the distribution of turns, the balance
is even.
Table 5.1
see also Annex 5.1
Identity of Speakers in Conversational Sequences
|
Speaker |
Io. of Utterances |
% |
|
Adult to Child |
1475χ |
45.4χ |
|
3090 |
95.1 | |
|
Child to Adult |
1615z |
49.7 7 |
|
Child to Child |
52 |
1.6 |
|
Unidentified addressee |
93 |
2.9 |
|
Unidentified speaker |
16 |
.4 |
|
Total Mo. of Utterances |
in CS 3251 |
100.0 |
Most of the Conversational Sequences are between 1 child and 1 adult; few
involve other children and sone involve children and adults, <see Table
5.2 in the following page). In nost cases, other nenbers of the fanily or
neighbours are present but do not Join in the talk: in fact, 'unsolicited
contributions by other speakers' are quite rare (1=80, 2.5% of all
utterances - see Annex 5.6), nostly by children who intervened to back up
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