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What is the semantic ‘shape’ of the instructional context construed by mothers in interaction with their preschool-age children, and how is it recognized? These questions describe, informally and succinctly, the issues addressed here. It may be said that in the life of the individual cultural initiate (the young child) all contexts are contexts for learning. The question may then be asked: what is meant by ‘instructional’ context and what is distinctive about it?
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Cloran, C. (2016). Construing Instructional Contexts. In: Bowcher, W.L., Liang, J.Y. (eds) Society in Language, Language in Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402868_12
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