Culture-specific language styles : the development of oral narrative and literacy
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Culture-specific language styles : the development of oral narrative and literacy
（Child language and child development, 1）
Multilingual Matters, c2002
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- : pbk
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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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