Culture-Specific Language Styles

Preface

Part 1: Theoretical and Ethnographic Background

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Research Design: Methodology and Basic Concepts

Part 2: Analyses of the Personal Narratives Conducted Between Japanese Preschool Children and Adults

4. Monologic Narrative: Narrative Development

5. Monologic Narrative Structure in Japanese

Part 3: Mother-Child Narrative Interactions

6. Parental Narrative Elicitation Styles

7. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Parental Narrative Elicitation

Part 4: Development of Literacy in Japanese Children

8. Styles of Parent-Child Book-Reading in Japanese Families

Part 5: Conclusions Derived from the Current Study and a Discussion of Topics for Future Studies in Narrative Discourse

9. Conclusion and Implications

References

Index