2023/07/31 by Hansun Zhang Waring · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies #EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning #Multilingual Education and Policy
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0047404523000489
openalex publication_date 2023/07/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract The importance of presenting a united front has long since been an integral part of parenting advice. Despite the wealth of productive research on parent-child interaction, we have very little knowledge of how such a united front is assembled in situ, In the meantime, although few would question the benefit of collaboration, we are still in the process of understanding how collaboration is carried out in the micro-moments of interaction. This article contributes to the growing literature on parent-child interaction as well as that on collaboration in interaction by detailing how two parents achieve collaboration through merged speakership and merged recipiency. Findings may be applicable to a wide range of workspaces beyond the domestic sphere. (Family interaction, conversation analysis, collaboration)*