Culture-Specific Language Styles

The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy

By (author) Dr. Masahiko Minami

Publication date:

11 April 2002

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853595745

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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.

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