"نگویید آن نفرت انگیز است!" نظرات درمورد رفتار اجتماعی و اخلاقی در خانواده های سوئدی

A previous study, which compared family dinner conversations in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden and was based on the same data as the present one, found that in the Swedish families, both parents and children made considerably more comments on the socio-moral behavior of others [J. Pragmatics 34 (2002) 1757]. The aim of the present study is to investigate: (1) which family members make the comments and to whom the comments are addressed, (2) what issues are raised, e.g., moral rules (justice, harm prevention, etc.) or social-conventional rules (appropriateness and correctness), and (3) what reactions follow on comments (agreement, resistance, negotiation, etc.). Mothers provide more than 50% of all comments, compared to fathers and children. Parents’ comments are mainly aimed at children, whereas children’s comments often are aimed at people not present at the table. Comments directed towards people present at the table mainly concern social-conventional rules, whereas comments on others’ behavior more often regard moral rules. Also, comments aimed at people present at the table are more indirect than comments aimed at people who are not present. Finally, comments on socio-conventional behavior appear to be more negotiable than moral rules, as children often question them.