Child Discourse
Susan Ervin-Tripp(Editor)
Academic Press
Published on 14. July 1977
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-0-12-241950-8 (ISBN)
Description
Child Discourse contains papers presented in a symposium on child discourse at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Mexico City in November 1974. Three other papers, one presented by Edelsky at the same meeting, and two by Dore and Garvey, are also included to broaden the scope of methods and issues considered. Organized into three parts, this book generally aims at describing and analyzing social and linguistic knowledge of a child in utilizing language to project socially appropriate identities and to engage in purposive social acts. Part I focuses on children's speech events, while Part II centers more on function and act. The last part takes into consideration the social aspect of language usage among children.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-241950-8 (9780122419508)
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Content
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I Speech Events
Play with Language and Speech
"You Fruithead": A Sociolinguistic Approach to Children's Dispute Settlement
From Verbal Play to Talk Story: The Role of Routines in Speech Events among Hawaiian Children
Semantic and Expressive Elaboration in Children's Narratives
Situated Instructions: Language Socialization of School Age Children
Part II Function and Act
Making it Last: Repetition in Children's Discourse
"Oh Them Sheriff": A Pragmatic Analysis of Children's Responses to Questions
Wait for Me, Roller Skate!
Pragmatics of Directive Choice among Children
Part III Social Meaning
Comprehension and Use of Social Rules in Pronoun Selection by Hungarian Children
Acquisition of an Aspect of Communicative Competence: Learning What it Means to Talk Like a Lady
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction
Part I Speech Events
Play with Language and Speech
"You Fruithead": A Sociolinguistic Approach to Children's Dispute Settlement
From Verbal Play to Talk Story: The Role of Routines in Speech Events among Hawaiian Children
Semantic and Expressive Elaboration in Children's Narratives
Situated Instructions: Language Socialization of School Age Children
Part II Function and Act
Making it Last: Repetition in Children's Discourse
"Oh Them Sheriff": A Pragmatic Analysis of Children's Responses to Questions
Wait for Me, Roller Skate!
Pragmatics of Directive Choice among Children
Part III Social Meaning
Comprehension and Use of Social Rules in Pronoun Selection by Hungarian Children
Acquisition of an Aspect of Communicative Competence: Learning What it Means to Talk Like a Lady
Bibliography
Index