1st Edition

Constituting Gender Through Talk in Childhood Conversations in Parent-child, Peer, and Sibling Relationships:a Special Issue of research on Language and Social interaction

Edited By Amy Sheldon Copyright 1996
100 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Psychology Press

96 Pages
by Routledge

This issue explores some of the ways in which gender, as a social construction, might be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood. The interconnections between language and gender in three key developmental sociolinguistic contexts are examined: talk between parent and child, talk among friends, and talk between siblings. When children learn to speak a language, they also... Read more
Volume 29, Number 1, 1996
Contents: A. Sheldon,
Constituting Gender Through Talk in Childhood: Conversations in Parent-Child, Peer, and Sibling Relationships. R. Ely, J.B. Gleason, A. McCabe, "Why Didn't You Talk to Your Mommy, Honey?": Parents' and Children's Talk About Talk. E. Reese, C.A. Haden, R. Fivush, Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, Sons: Gender Differences in Autobiographical Reminiscing. A. Sheldon, "You Can Be the Baby Brother but You Aren't Born Yet": Preschool Girls' Negotiation for Power and Access in Pretend Play. G.B. DeHart, Gender and Mitigation in 4-Year-Olds' Pretend Play Talk With Siblings.

Biography

Amy Sheldon