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Culture-Specific Language Styles : The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy /

Minami, Masahiko

Culture-Specific Language Styles : The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy / Masahiko Minami. - 1 online resource (328 p.) - Child Language and Child Development .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Theoretical and Ethnographic Background -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Literature Review -- Chapter 3. Research Design: Methodology and Basic Concepts -- Part 2: Analyses of the Personal Narratives Conducted Between Japanese Preschool Children and Adults -- Chapter 4. Monologic Narrative: Narrative Development -- Chapter 5. Monologic Narrative Structure in Japanese -- Part 3: Mother–Child Narrative Interactions -- Chapter 6. Parental Narrative Elicitation Styles -- Chapter 7. Cross-cultural Comparison of Parental Narrative Elicitation -- Part 4: Development of Literacy in Japanese Children -- Chapter 8. Styles of Parent–Child Book-Reading in Japanese Families -- Part 5: Conclusions Derived from the Current Study and a Discussion of Topics for Future Studies in Narrative Discourse -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Index

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Communication skills are considered extremely important for the development, preservation, and transmission of culture to future generations, and incorporate the complicated relationship between language and culture. This book focuses on an analysis of personal narratives by Japanese pre-school children. The book also analyzes mother-child narratives and joint book-reading activities.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781853595745 9781853595752

10.21832/9781853595752 doi


Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Japanese language--Acquisition.
Language acquisition.
Language and culture.
Literacy.
Mother and child.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

Communication skills. Cross-cultural issues. Cross-cultural understanding. Interactional sociolinguistics. Japanese. Literacy. Mother-child narratives. Narrative development. Narrative discourse skills. Personal narratives.

P118 / .M55 2002eb

401/.93