Language socialization across cultures /
edited by Bambi B. Schieffelin and Elinor Ochs.
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- vii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 3 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Elinor Ochs -- Calling-out and repeating routines in Kwara'ae children's language socialization / Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and David W. Gegeo -- Prompting routines in the language socialization of Basotho children / Katherine Demuth -- Interactional routines as cultural influences upon language acquisition / Ann M. Peters and Stephen T. Boggs -- What no bedtime story means / Shirley Brice Heath -- Social norms and lexical acquisition / Martha Platt -- The acquisition of register variation by Anglo-American children / Elaine S. Andersen -- Teasing and shaming in Kauli children's interactions / Bambi B. Schieffelin -- Teasing / Ann R. Eisenberg -- Teasing as language socialization and verbal play in a white working-class community / Peggy Miller -- The acquisition of communicative style in Japanese / Particia M. Clancy -- From feelings to grammar / Elinor Ochs.