The Theory of Language Socialization

The Handbook of Language Socialization

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-21

  Ochs, Elinor ^a   Schieffelin, Bambi B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central tenet of language socialization novices' participation in communicative practices; Infants, as speakers of languages and also speakers of cultures; Language socialization and speech communities undergoing transformation; Language socialization, ethnographic cultural interpretations of semiotic forms, practices; Language socialization, lacuna in anthropological studies of children, across communities; Language socialization, lifespan households, schools, religious institutions, media use; Language socialization, scope of pragmatics limited, Malinowski calling it 'the context of situation'; Language socializing practices explicit practices, instructing novices; Theory of language socialization, an anthropological conviction language, children's development of social and cultural knowledge and sensibilities; Transcending nature, nurture divide mediating dualisms of nature, mind and culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858611060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444342901.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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