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Publication details [#25305]

Schieffelin, Bambi B. 1990. The give and take of everyday life: Language socialization of Kaluli children. (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Languages 9). Cambridge University Press. viii + 278 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

This ethnographic study of language socialization among Kaluli children of Papua New Guinea, employs the functional analysis of morphological, syntactic, phonological and pragmatic forms of child-caregiver discourse, to investigate the interface between language, culture and society.

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