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

This collection of essays is a representative sample of the current research and researchers in the fields of language and social interactions and social context. The opening chapter, entitled "Context in Language," is written by Susan Ervin-Tripp, whose diverse and innovative research inspired the editors to dedicate this book to her honor. Ervin-Tripp is known for her work in the fields of linguistics, psychology, child development, sociology, anthropology, rhetoric, and women's studies. She has played a central role in the definition and establishment of psycholinguistics, child language development, and sociolinguistics, and has been an innovator in terms of approaches and methods of study. This book covers a wide range of research interests in the field, from linguistically oriented approaches to social and ethnography oriented approaches. The issue of the relationships between forms and structures of language and social interactions is examined in studies of both adult and child speech. It is a useful anthology for graduate students studying language and social interaction, as well as for researchers in this field. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Contributors 12 PART ONE: SUSAN ERVIN-TRIPP 20 Susan Ervin-Tripp: A Mind in the World 22 A Brief Biography of Susan Ervin-Tripp 26 Bibliography of Publications by Susan Ervin-Tripp 32 1. Context in Language 40 PART TWO: PRAGMATICS AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS 56 2. The Language of Social Relationship 58 3. The Pragmatics of Constructions 72 4. Shifting Frame 90 5. Code-Switching or Code-Mixing: Apparent Anomalies in Semi-formal Registers 102 6. Oral Patterns as a Resource in Children's Writing: An Ethnopoetic Note 118 7. Language Socialization and Language Differentiation in Small Scale Societies: The Shoshoni and Guarijio 132 PART THREE: SOCIAL AND INTERACTIVE PROCESSES IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 142 8. A Cross-Cultural Study of Children's Register Knowledge 144 9. What Influences Children's Patterning of Forms and Functions in Early Child Language? 162 10. Format Tying in Discussion and Argumentation Among Italian and American Children 176 11. Use and Acquisition of Genitive Constructions in Samoan 194 12. Arguing with Siblings, Friends, and Mothers: Developments in Relationships and Understanding 210 13. Patterns of Prohibition in Parent-Child Discourse 224 14. Regulating Household Talk 238 15. The Use of Polite Language by Japanese Preschool Children 254 16. The Microgenesis of Competence: Methodology in Language Socialization 270 17. Listening to a Turkish Mother: Some Puzzles for Acquisition 284 18. Little Words, Big Deal: The Development of Discourse and Syntax in Child Language 306 PART FOUR: NARRATIVE 326 19. Frames of Mind Through Narrative Discourse 328 20. Emotion, Narrative, and Affect: How Children Discover the Relationship Between What to Say and How to Say It 348 21. Form and Function in Developing Narrative Abilities 362 22. Narrative Development in Social Context 388 23. The Development of Collaborative Story Retelling by a Two-Year-Old Blind Child and His Father 410 PART FIVE: BILINGUALISM 436 24. Bilingualism: Some Personality and Cultural Issues 438 25. What Happens When Languages Are Lost? An Essay on Language Assimilation and Cultural Identity 454 PART SIX: DISCOURSE IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS 466 26. The Therapeutic Encounter: Neutral Context or Social Construction? 468 27. On Teaching Language in Its Sociocultural Context 488 28. True Confessions? Pragmatic Competence and Criminal Confession 500 29. Managing the Intermental: Classroom Group Discussion and the Social Context of Learning 514 PART SEVEN: GENDER DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND USE 530 30. Girls, Boys, and Just People: The Interactional Accomplishment of Gender in the Discourse of the Nursery School 532 31. The New Old Ladies' Songs: Functional Adaptation of Hualapai Music to Modern Contexts 548 32. Women's Collaborative Interactions 564 33. "Separate Worlds for Girls and Boys"? Views from U.S. and Chinese Mixed-Sex Friendship Groups 574 34. Studying Gender Differences in the Conversational Humor of Adults and Children 598 35. Gender Differences in Interruptions 616 36. Sharing the Same World, Telling Different Stories: Gender Differences in Co-constructed Pretend Narratives 632 Author Index 652 Subject Index 664 Essays in Honor of Susan Ervin-tripp This collection of essays is representative of research interests in the fields of language and social interaction from linguistically oriented approaches to social and ethnographic approaches. Useful for graduate students studying language and social interaction.