Learning the rules of rules in disputes in family interaction
Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk
Published online on January 11, 2026
Abstract
Discourse Studies, Ahead of Print.
Parents might deal with a child’s non-compliance to a directive by invoking a behaviour rule, for example, ‘We need to share’. While the design of such rules is to appear as normative or universal, children often find that in some situations where one ...
Parents might deal with a child’s non-compliance to a directive by invoking a behaviour rule, for example, ‘We need to share’. While the design of such rules is to appear as normative or universal, children often find that in some situations where one ...