Childly language : children, language and social world

Author(s)

• Sealey, Alison

Bibliographic Information

Childly language : children, language and social world

Alison Sealey

（Real language series / general editors, Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire and Euan Reid）

Longman , Pearson Education, 2000

• : csd
• : ppr

Note

includes bibliographical reference (p. [216]-227) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: csd ISBN 9780582307797

Description

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?

Table of Contents

• Part I Discourses of childhood: children in the news (1) - threatened, protected, active
• children in the news (2) - the idea of the child
• children in the English language. Part II Perspectives on children, language and the social world: perspectives on researching children and language
• perspectives on language, identity and the social world. Part III Children's talk: the social status of "child" in informal talk
• blurred boundaries - speaking to children, speaking as a child
• children's negotiations of the social world. Part IV Conclusions and implications.

Volume

: ppr ISBN 9780582307803

Description

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?

Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA47239454
• ISBN:
  • 0582307791
  • 0582307805
• LCCN: 99047483
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [London],Harlow
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 229 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1139
  • DC21 : 372.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Children -- Language
  • LCSH : Socialization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14399455