Childly Language: Children, Language and the Social World

by Alison Sealey

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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?

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0582307805

ISBN13:9780582307803

Release Date:March 2000

Publisher:Routledge

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Education Education & Reference Language Arts

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