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Peer reviewedWatson, Karen Ann – Language in Society, 1975
Two speech events, narration and joking conversation, are analyzed from speech samples of Hawaiian 5- to 7-year-olds. An underlying iterative routine was found which allows for both stories and joking to be produced jointly in a contrapuntal style. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Humor, Language Research
Peer reviewedHollos, Marida; Beeman, William – Language in Society, 1978
Attempts to demonstrate that there is a "cultural communicative style" operating in the issuance of directives that is distinct for different cultures. Emphasis is placed on investigation of children's strategies in their total communicative behavior, both linguistic and nonlinguistic. (EJS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Communication (Thought Transfer)
