Research Article
Spontaneous Verbal Repetitions in Child Language: A Pragmatic Perspective
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-11-2022.2329606, author={Titik Sudartinah}, title={Spontaneous Verbal Repetitions in Child Language: A Pragmatic Perspective}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference Entitled Language, Literary, And Cultural Studies, ICON LATERALS 2022, 05--06 November 2022, Malang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICON LATERALS}, year={2023}, month={6}, keywords={repetition child language pragmatics kindergarten}, doi={10.4108/eai.5-11-2022.2329606} }- Titik Sudartinah
Year: 2023
Spontaneous Verbal Repetitions in Child Language: A Pragmatic Perspective
ICON LATERALS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-11-2022.2329606
Abstract
The present study examines the initiators, forms, and functions of spontaneous verbal repetitions done by children when they are conversing with their peers in kindergarten environment. The study was a mixed-method one, involving 22 4-to-6 years old children attending a kindergarten in Yogyakarta as its participants. The data were utterances containing repetitions and a 2-hour recording transcript of the conversations among these children served as the data source of this study. The results show that kindergarten children mostly initiate the repetitions themselves rather than using them to respond to others’ initiation. In terms of their forms, repetitions done by kindergarten children mostly occur in the form of expanded repetitions, where these children add some new information to accompany the repetitions. Meanwhile, among other functions, most repetitions are to restate the children’s own utterances.