When we view children as social actors their communication in play must also be viewed as social actions. According to Bakhtin (1986), utterances are part of the communication and can not be independent from the other participants. All participants in childrens play are part of the communication and give some response, either as neglecting, quiet response or verbal response. Thereby the children value actions in play and specific play-discourses direct the content in play. Some actions fit the discourse and others dont
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