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Conventionality in family conversations about everyday objects.

Maureen A Callanan1, Deborah R Siegel, Megan R Luce

  • 1University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
|April 20, 2007
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Children learn word meanings and object functions through family interactions. This study examines how these conventions are both stable shared knowledge and flexibly negotiated in daily activities.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistic Anthropology
  • Sociocultural Theory

Background:

  • Children's acquisition of conventional word meanings and object functions is crucial for cognitive and social development.
  • Parent-child interactions serve as a primary context for learning these conventions.
  • Existing research often views conventionality as stable, shared knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the paradox between global stability and local flexibility in the development of conventionality.
  • To analyze how children's understanding of word meanings and object functions emerges within everyday family conversations.
  • To investigate the dynamic negotiation of conventions during parent-child activities.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of naturally occurring family conversations in everyday settings.

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  • Qualitative examination of discourse and interaction patterns.
  • Focus on the emergence of conventional understanding in context.

    • Main Results:

    • Conventionality appears as both a stable, shared societal knowledge and a flexibly negotiated aspect of immediate interaction.
    • Children's understanding develops through active participation and negotiation within family activities.
    • The study highlights the situated nature of learning conventional meanings and functions.

    Conclusions:

    • The development of conventional understanding is a dynamic process, balancing shared knowledge with interactive flexibility.
    • Family conversations are key sites for the negotiation and internalization of word meanings and object functions.
    • Understanding conventionality requires considering both its stable societal basis and its fluid, context-dependent application.