Minami Culture-Specific Language Styles

The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-85359-575-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Child Language and Child Development

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minami, Masahiko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part 1: Theoretical and Ethnographic Background

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Research Design: Methodology and Basic Concepts

Part 2: Analyses of the Personal Narratives Conducted Between Japanese Preschool Children and Adults

4. Monologic Narrative: Narrative Development

5. Monologic Narrative Structure in Japanese

Part 3: Mother–Child Narrative Interactions

6. Parental Narrative Elicitation Styles

7. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Parental Narrative Elicitation

Part 4: Development of Literacy in Japanese Children

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

9. Conclusion and Implications

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Minami, Masahiko
Dr. Masahiko Minami has written extensively on psycho/sociolinguistics with a particular emphasis on cross-cultural comparisons of language development and narrative/discourse structure. He has published significant contributions to works covering cultural constructions of meaning, childcare quality in Japan, and East Asian students' experiences in U.S. classrooms.