Regulatory comments as tools of family socialization: A comparison of Estonian, Swedish and Finnish mealtime interaction

Language in Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 655-678

  Tulviste, Tiia ^a   Mizera, Luule ^a   De Geer, Boel ^b   Tryggvason, Marja Terttu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family socialization; Finnish and Swedish cultural comparison; Mealtime conversation; Metapragmatic and metalinguistic comments; Moral talk; Estonian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036876040     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404502315045     Document Type: Article

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