Reported speech as cultural gloss and directive: socializing norms of speaking and acting in Japanese caregiver–child triadic interaction

Abstract

AbstractThis paper examines reported speech in Japanese caregiver–child triadic interaction. Based on 132 hours of audiovisual recordings of eight two-year-olds in and around the home and neighborhood, it draws upon language socialization and conversation analytic methods in examining how caregivers use third-party reported speech (e.g., She/he says X) in socializing children how to interpret others’ communicative behavior as