Social Interaction, Social Context, and Language: Essays in Honor of Susan Ervin-Tripp

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• Contents v
• Contributors ix
• Part One: Susan Ervin-Tripp 1
• Susan Ervin-Tripp: A Mind in the World 3
• A Brief Biography of Susan Ervin-Tripp 7
• References 11
• Bibliography of Publications by Susan Moore Ervin-Tripp 13
• 1 - Context in Language 21
• References 35
• Part Two: Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics 37
• 2 - The Language of Social Relationship 39
• References 50
• 3 - The Pragmatics of Constructions 53
• References 68
• 4 - Shifting Frame 71
• References 81
• 5 - Code-Switching or Code-Mixing: Apparent Anomalies in Semi-Formal Registers 83
• Appendix A - Informal Register in the Map Corpus 96
• References 97
• 6 - Oral Patterns as a Resource in Children's Writing: an Ethnopoetic Note 99
• References 110
• 7 - Language Socialization and Language Differentiation in Small Scale Societies: the Shoshoni and GuarijÍo 113
• References 121
• Part Three: Social and Interactive Processes in Language Acquisition 123
• 8 - A Cross-Cultural Study of Children's Register Knowledge 125
• References 141
• 9 - What Influences Children's Patterning of Forms and Functions in Early Child Language? 143
• References 154
• 10 - Format Tying in Discussion and Argumentation Among Italian and American Children 157
• References 173
• 11 - Use and Acquisition of Genitive Constructions in Samoan 175
• References 188
• 12 - Arguing with Siblings, Friends, and Mothers: Developments in Relationships and Understanding 191
• References 203
• 13 - Patterns of Prohibition in Parent-Child Discourse 205
• References 216
• 14 - Regulating Household Talk 219
• References 234
• 15 - The Use of Polite Language by Japanese Preschool Children 235
• References 248
• 16 - The Microgenesis of Competence: Methodology in Language Socialization 251
• References 260
• 17 - Listening to a Turkish Mother: Some Puzzles for Acquisition 265
• References 285
• 18 - Little Words, Big Deal: the Development of Discourse and Syntax in Child Language 287
• References 304
• Part Four: Narrative 307
• 19 - Frames of Mind Through Narrative Discourse 309
• References 327
• 20 - Emotion, Narrative, and Affect: How Children Discover the Relationship Between What to Say and How to Say It 329
• References 341
• 21 - Form and Function in Developing Narrative Abilities 343
• References 364
• 22 - Narrative Development in Social Context 369
• References 389
• 23 - The Development of Collaborative Story Retelling by a Two-Year-Old Blind Child and His Father 391
• References 413
• Appendix: Story Scripts 415
• Part Five: Bilingualism 417
• 24 - Bilingualism: Some Personality and Cultural Issues 419
• References 433
• 25 - What Happens When Languages Are Lost? an Essay on Language Assimilation and Cultural Identity 435
• References 446
• Part Six: Discourse in Institutional Settings 447
• 26 - The Therapeutic Encounter: Neutral Context or Social Construction? 449
• References 464
• Appendix I 467
• 27 - On Teaching Language in Its Sociocultural Context 469
• References 480
• 28 - True Confessions? Pragmatic Competence and Criminal Confession 481
• References 493
• 29 - Managing the Intermental: Classroom Group Discussion and the Social Context of Learning 495
• References 509
• Part Seven: Gender Difference in Language Acquisition and Use 511
• 30 - Girls, Boys and Just People: the Interactional Accomplishment of Gender in the Discourse of the Nursery School 513
• References 526
• 31 - The New Old Ladies' Songs: Functional Adaptation of Hualapai Music to Modern Contexts 529
• References 539
• 32 - Women's Collaborative Interactions 545
• References 552
• 33 - "Separate Worlds for Girls and Boys"? Views from U.S. and Chinese Mixed-Sex Friendship Groups 555
• References 574
• Appendix 576
• 34 - Studying Gender Differences in the Conversational Humor of Adults and Children 579
• References 594
• 35 - Gender Differences in Interruptions 597
• References 610
• 36 - Sharing the Same World, Telling Different Stories: Gender Differences in Co-Constructed Pretend Narratives 613
• References 631
• Author Index 633
• Subject Index 645

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