Talking to children in Western Samoa
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Language in Society
- Vol. 11 (1) , 77-104
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500009040
Abstract
This study examines the relation between cultural beliefs and values on the one hand and the organization of communication between caregivers and young children on the other. The study compares caregiver-child verbal interaction in two different communities, rural Western Samoa and Anglo middle class, with an emphasis on the former. It illustrates ways in which organization of turn-taking and procedures for clarification and interpretation are linked to beliefs and expectations concerning the nature of children and the social organization of caregiving. (Language acquisition, socialization, input, communicative competence, Oceania.)Keywords
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