Culture-specific language styles : the development of oral narrative and literacy
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Bibliographic Information
Culture-specific language styles : the development of oral narrative and literacy
(Child language and child development, 1)
Multilingual Matters, c2002
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 44 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-309) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Communication skills are considered extremely important for the development, preservation, and transmission of culture to future generations, and incorporate the complicated relationship between language and culture. This book focuses on an analysis of personal narratives by Japanese pre-school children. The book also analyzes mother-child narratives and joint book-reading activities.
Table of Contents
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
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