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Childly Language Children, language and the social world

Sealey Alison
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138437647
Publisert
2017-07-20
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Sealey Alison

Biografisk notat

Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).

Childly Language Children, language and the social world

Sealey Alison
Innbundet / 2017 / Engelsk
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Childly Language explores how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English. It addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English? and When we say that an adult is being 'childish', what are we saying about the characteristics of children?
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Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
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Author's Acknowledgements

Publisher's Acknowledgements

PART I: DISCOURSES OF CHILDHOOD

Introduction to Part I

1. Children in the news (1): threatened, protected, active

2. Children in the news (2): the idea of the child

3. Children in the English language

PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD

Introduction to Part II

4. Perpectives on researching cihldren and language

5. Perspectives on language, identity and the social world

PART III: CHILDREN'S TALK

Introduction to Part III

6. The social status of 'child' in informal talk

7. Blurred boundaries: speaking to children, speaking as a child

8. Children's negotiations of the social world

PART IV

9. Conclusions and implications

References

Index

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Childly Language explores how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English. It addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English? and When we say that an adult is being 'childish', what are we saying about the characteristics of children?
Les mer
Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
Les mer

Author's Acknowledgements

Publisher's Acknowledgements

PART I: DISCOURSES OF CHILDHOOD

Introduction to Part I

1. Children in the news (1): threatened, protected, active

2. Children in the news (2): the idea of the child

3. Children in the English language

PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD

Introduction to Part II

4. Perpectives on researching cihldren and language

5. Perspectives on language, identity and the social world

PART III: CHILDREN'S TALK

Introduction to Part III

6. The social status of 'child' in informal talk

7. Blurred boundaries: speaking to children, speaking as a child

8. Children's negotiations of the social world

PART IV

9. Conclusions and implications

References

Index

Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138437647
Publisert
2017-07-20
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Sealey Alison

Biografisk notat

Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).

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