The context of mediation immediately highlights the importance of argumentation as a
means to reasonably handle conflict. Argumentation in dispute mediation tackles this topic …

Questions represent a crucial tool of interaction between parents and children from a very
early age. This study aims to investigate which function–argumentative or explanatory–most …

Shared memories play a central role in everyday communications. They are usually based
on interpersonal and cultural knowledge of a shared past among group members (eg family …

At mealtimes, the evaluation of the appropriate (or not appropriate) behavior concerning the
food is often assumed as a topic of discourse. The aim of this study is to single out the …

This paper is centred on family conversations and focuses on the conditions that allow a
specific strategic maneuver, the invocation of the authority, to be an effective argumentative …

This paper sets out to investigate the issues leading parents to engage in argumentative
discussions with their children during mealtimes. Within a data corpus of 30 video-recorded …

This book series highlights the variety of argumentative practices that have become
established in modern society by focusing on the study of context-dependent characteristics …

This study aims to explore how children express their need to account for actions by using
valid arguments in order to prevent the non-compliance of a rule within family conversation …

Previous works have investigated argumentative skills of young children referring to the
number of arguments and counter-arguments advanced by children as the sole indicator to …

The aim of our study is to show the ways in which family members coordinate their minds,
bodies and language in a functional and goal-oriented manner when they are jointly …