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Publication details [#6261]

Lindholm, Kathryn J. and Amado M. Padilla. 1981. Socialization via communication: Language interaction patterns used by Hispanic mothers and children in mastery skill communication. In Duran, Richard P., ed. Latino language and communicative behavior. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 271–293.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | social class | socialization

Annotation

L. and P. show that much of what occurs in the process of socialization can be studied through an analysis of the patterns of communication between mothers and their offspring. Elaborate communication strategies are shown not to be confined to middle-class families.