Nasi2020
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Nasi2020 |
| Author(s) | Nicola Nasi, Rosa Pugliese |
| Title | “Mica disegnavano una tivù”: la polifunzionalità della particella mica nell’interazione in classe |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Language | Italian |
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| Journal | Studi Italiani di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata |
| Volume | 49 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 517–543 |
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The paper explores some specific functions of the Italian discourse marker mica in sequences of classroom interaction. Drawing on a larger ethnographic research documented through video recordings in two primary schools in northern Italy, this study adopts a CA informed approach to analyze a history class attended by children aged 8 to 10. Within the theoretical framework of Interactional Linguistics, the analysis focuses on mica as a linguistic resource that teachers and children aptly deploy in their everyday classroom activities. In particular, the study highlights participants’ ingenuity in using the particle to (a) co-construct complex sequences of collaborative reasoning, (b) participate effectively in the interaction at hand and (c) initiate practices of peer play within whole-class discussions. While illustrating the polyfunctionality of this particular discourse marker, the study points out the need to analyze sequences of naturally-occurring interaction in order to consider such particles.
