Minami Culture-Specific Language Styles

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

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Child Language and Child Development

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minami, Masahiko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

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.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.