Kids Talk: Strategic Language Use in Later Childhood

Book Overview

Between early childhood and adulthood, language acquisition is succeeded by a bloom of repertoire for managing interaction, a growing sensitivity to the relation of language and society, an expanding ability to wield power through the strategic use of language, and an increasing sophistication in framing speech activities. This book examines a wide range of language practices among school-age children and teenagers, using data from naturally occurring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195098935
• ISBN13: 9780195098938
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"