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Publication details [#7161]

Ochs, Elinor. 1983. Cultural dimensions of language acquisition. In Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin, eds. Acquiring conversational competence. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 185–191.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

baby talk | culture | language universal

Annotation

O. shows that the 'baby talk' characteristics of mothers' speech to children in our western society, is not universal at all.