Parent child interaction in Nigerian families: conversation analysis, context and culture

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K

(plays with bricks) (5.0)

ouch na na ouch na na na ouch orr
oss (2.0) che che (2.0) right (1.0) ne

ne ne (14.0) I can’t open it (passes
bricks to M)_______________________

^2

^M

I can’t open it? (moves closer to K)

you do it (nods)_____________________

A specific action is requested._________

3

ɪ

(takes bricks apart)___________________

÷

4

M

oh: good boy

(moves away from k)

M praises completion of K’s action.

÷Vocabulary could be added to this
sentence offering a linguistic model
linked to the behaviour

e.g. Oh good boy you broke open the

bricks_________________________________

^κ^^

(plays with bricks) (2.0) one two

(looks at M)_______________________

÷

^6

^M

one two

(nods and smiles)

M repeats the child’s comment.

÷M could use expansion to give
models of number e.g. one, two-
three or vocabulary e.g. one brick-
two bricks________________________

^7

^κ^^

(plays with bricks)

bight (1.0) da do ram (2.0) sh shs hs