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The interactions of 24 pairs of preschool age children and their parents from four different cultures were recorded by the parents during the activity of sharing five non-scripted illustrated books. The focus of the research was to determine possible differences across cultures …

This thesis is a conversation analytic investigation of the social organisation of talk in telephone and computer-mediated calls to NHS Direct, a telephone health helpline in England. The data represent fifty-six routinely audio recorded telephone consultations between nurses an…

This dissertation focuses on the literacy practices of three focal students who composed multimodal comic memoirs about the emotional struggles and obstacles they faced related to being labeled academically gifted and talented. As a qualitative action research study (Hewitt &amp…