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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151707803321

Autore

Ochs Elinor

Titolo

Acquiring conversational competence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence, : Taylor and Francis, 2016

ISBN

1-315-40160-6

1-315-40162-2

1-315-40161-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Discourse Analysis ; ; Volume 5

Altri autori (Persone)

SchieffelinBambi B

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Conversation

Language acquisition

Communicative competence in children

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Part I Constructing conversation; 1 Conversational competence in children; 2 Making it last: repetition in children's discourse; 3 Evolving discourse -- the next step; 4 Looking and talking: the functions of gaze direction in the conversations of a young child and her mother; 5 Topic as a discourse notion: a study of topic in the conversations of children and adults; 6 Questions of immediate concern.

Part II Using discourse and syntax to express propositions7 Planned and unplanned discourse; 8 Foregrounding referents: a reconsideration of left dislocation in discourse; Part III Cross-cultural perspectives on caregiver-child communication; 9 Talking like birds: sound play in a cultural perspective; 10 Cultural dimensions of language acquisition; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index.