LINGUIST List 21.3504 Thu Sep 02 2010 Qs: Directives and Tags in Children's Pretend Play Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Bethany Townsend, Directives and Tags in Children's Pretend Play Message 1: Directives and Tags in Children's Pretend Play Date: 01-Sep-2010 From: Bethany Townsend <bat2rice.edu> Subject: Directives and Tags in Children's Pretend Play E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST Subscribers, I am currently doing research on the language and identity of children engaged in dyadic pretend play, specifically their use of directives and invariant tag questions as control mechanisms throughout unfolding play scenarios. I am presently aware of previous research done on similar topics by Andersen (1978), Butler & Weatherall (2006), Garvey (1973 & 1979), Goodwin (1990), Howes et al. (1992), Kyratzis (1999), Schwartz (1991), and Sheldon (1996). However, I am afraid that there is other research that I am missing due to a lack of familiarity with language acquisition research. I am looking for good resources that I may have missed on the language of children engaged in pretend play from any linguistic subdiscipline. Thank you in advance for your time. Bethany Townsend Ph.D. Student, Rice University Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Language Acquisition Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Sep-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.