The Handbook of Language Socialization

Herausgegeben von Duranti, Alessandro; Ochs, Elinor; Schieffelin, Bambi B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research and our current state of knowledge in the flourishing field of language socialization. The articles cover the evolution of our knowledge of language socialization, with insights into how pioneering scholars documented child language acquisition and cultural development within communities around the world. They also cover the latest developments in the field, including second and heritage language socialization, literacy and media socialization, as well as socialization across the entire life span and across institutional settings.

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Documenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is a unique reference work for an emerging and fast-moving field.

Spans the fields of anthropology, education, applied linguistics, and human development
Includes the latest developments in second and heritage language socialization, and literary and media socialization
Discusses socialization across the entire life span and across institutional settings, including families, schools, work places, and churches
Explores data from a multitude of cultures from around the world

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 178mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1338g
• ISBN-13: 9781405191869
• ISBN-10: 1405191864
• Artikelnr.: 33684764

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Duranti is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and past President of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology. For Wiley-Blackwell he has edited Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader (2nd Edition, 2009), A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology (2006) and Key Terms in Language and Culture (2001). Elinor Ochs is UCLA Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Applied Linguistics, Director of the UCLA Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Selected books include Fast-Forward Family: Home, Work, and Relationships in Middle Class America (2013), Life at Home in the 21st Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (2012), Linguaggio e Cultura: Lo Sviluppo delle Competenze Communicative (2006), and Living Narrative (2001). Bambi B. Schieffelin is Collegiate Professor and Professor of Anthropology at New York University. She has carried out fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and the U.S. Selected publications include The Give and Take of Everyday Life (1990), Language Ideologies (co-edited with K. A.Woolard and P. V. Kroskrity 1998); and Consequences of Contact (co-edited with M. Makihara, 2007)

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments 1. The Theory
of Language Socialization Part I: Interactional Foundations Part II:
Socialization Strategies Part III: Social Orientations Part IV: Aesthetics
and Imagination Part V: Language and Culture Contact Index