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Acknowledgments 1 Talk as Social Action 2 Fieldwork Section 1 TheNeighborhood and ChildrenOs Groups 3 The Maple Street ChildrenOs Group andTheir Neighborhood Section 2 Directive/Response Sequences and SocialOrganization 4 Research on Directives 5 OMan, donOt come down in herewhere I amO Directive Use in a BoyOs Task Activity 6 Task Activity andPretend Play amoung Girls Section 3 Disputes and Gossip 7 BuildingOpposition in ChildrenOs Argument 8 He-Said-She-Said Section 4 Storieswithin Dispute Processess 9 Perspectives on Stories 10 Stories asParticipation Structures 11 Instigating Section 5 Conclusion 12Conclusion Appendix A The Children Appendix B Ritual Insult SequenceAppendix C BoysO Dispute Stories Appendix D GirlsO Instigating StoriesNotes References Cited Name Index Subject Index Photographs follow page 54