Culture-specific Language Styles

The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy

• Author(s): Masahiko Minami,
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Pages: 316
• ISBN_10: 185359573X
  ISBN_13: 9781853595738
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / General ,

Description:... 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.