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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.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1983, this book represents a substantial body of detailed research on children's language and communication, and more generally on the nature of interactive spoken discourse. It looks at areas of competence often examined in young children's speech have



that have not been described for adults -- leading to insights not only in the character of adult conversation but also the process of acquiring this competence. The authors set forward strategies for conversing at different stage of life, while also relating these strategies to, and formulating hypotheses concerning, the dynamics of language variation and change.