Overview

Childly Language explores how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English. It addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English? and When we say that an adult is being 'childish', what are we saying about the characteristics of children?

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Author:   Alison Sealey
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138437647

ISBN 10:   1138437646
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 July 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Author's Acknowledgements Publisher's Acknowledgements PART I: DISCOURSES OF CHILDHOOD Introduction to Part I 1. Children in the news (1): threatened, protected, active 2. Children in the news (2): the idea of the child 3. Children in the English language PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD Introduction to Part II 4. Perpectives on researching cihldren and language 5. Perspectives on language, identity and the social world PART III: CHILDREN'S TALK Introduction to Part III 6. The social status of 'child' in informal talk 7. Blurred boundaries: speaking to children, speaking as a child 8. Children's negotiations of the social world PART IV 9. Conclusions and implications References Index

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Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).

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