Invoking rules in everyday family interactions: a method for appealing to practical reason

In this article we examine moments in which parents or other caregivers overtly invoke rules during episodes in which they take issue with, intervene against, and try to change a child’s ongoing behavior or action(s). Drawing on interactional data from four different languages (English, Finnish, Ger...

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Main Authors: Küttner, Uwe-Alexander (Author) , Vatanen, Anna (Author) , Zinken, Jörg (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Human studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 793-823
ISSN:1572-851X
DOI:10.1007/s10746-022-09648-0
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-022-09648-0
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Author Notes:Uwe-A. Küttner, Anna Vatanen, Jörg Zinken

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