The ‘parent’ category as an interactional resource in a sibling dispute over sharing
Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk
Published online on December 29, 2025
Abstract
Discourse Studies, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 587-610, August 2026.
Drawing on a combination of the analytical tools from interactional pragmatics and membership categorisation analysis, this paper explores a specific type of everyday family life – a sibling dispute, and how the ‘parent’ category is used as an ...
Drawing on a combination of the analytical tools from interactional pragmatics and membership categorisation analysis, this paper explores a specific type of everyday family life – a sibling dispute, and how the ‘parent’ category is used as an ...