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Childly language : children, language, and the social world
- Title
- Childly language : children, language, and the social world / Alison Sealey.
- Author
- Sealey, Alison.
- Publication
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- vii, 229 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Childly Language explores how cultural assumptions about children and childhood are expressed in contemporary English. Drawing on a wide range of authentic data, including newspapers, children's fiction, radio discussions, public notices and the British National Corpus, the book 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?" "This book will be of great interest to students and teachers of linguistics and communication, as well as sociologists, educationalists, psychologists and those with a professional commitment to working with children."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Real language series
- Uniform Title
- Real language series.
- Alternative Title
- Children, language, and the social world
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-227) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Discourses of Childhood. 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 -- Pt. II. Perspectives on Children, Language and the Social World. 4. Perspectives on Researching Children and Language. 5. Perspectives on Language, Identity and the Social World -- Pt. III. Children's Talk. 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 -- Pt. IV. 9. Conclusions and Implications
- ISBN
- 0582307805
- 9780582307803
- 0582307791
- 9780582307797
- 9781317884095
- 1317884094
- LCCN
- 99047483
- OCLC
- ocm42397918
- 42397918
- SCSB-8902534
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library