Use of abstract linguistic constructions in the play among of children's pairs

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Laílla Geohana dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lima, Rodrigo da Silva, Costa, Kleber Ferreira, Lucena, Juliana M.ª Ferreira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABRALIN (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.abralin.org/index.php/abralin/article/view/1691
• topic: Brincadeira; Interação social; Criança; Play; Social interaction; Child

This article aims to investigate how 3-year-old children, speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, engage in communication and language acquisition processes, specifically, abstract linguistic constructions, in playful interactions with peers. The socio-interactionist perspective and the use-based approach to language acquisition are placed in dialogue as a theoretical basis to show how children communicate through intersubjective resources and learn imitatively the linguistic constructions they hear in their sociocultural context. We investigated 10 children in the age group of 3-years-old who attended a public daycare in the city of Recife. The children were filmed in a play situation totaling 12 video sessions with 20 minutes. All sessions were analyzed microgenetically. Interactional episodes were identified that presented the children's communicative intentions in playing with partners through imitative actions; and the use of abstract linguistic constructions classified as affirmative and interrogative. The role of body movements in intersubjective communication was also observed. This had its abbreviated meaning when accompanied by the use of linguistic construction by the interlocutor. The data presented allows the expansion of studies in the area, with a focus on child-child interactions that speak Brazilian Portuguese, and can offer empirical references that contribute to the strengthening of research on communication and language acquisition as processes that are effective in the use through interactional needs.