Childly Language by Alison Sealey

Childly Language by Alison Sealey

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Summary

Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?

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Childly Language by Alison Sealey

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?
Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).
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ISBN 13 9780582307803
ISBN 10 0582307805
Title Childly Language
Author Alison Sealey
Series Real Language Series
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2000-03-13
Number of pages 240
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