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Book Synopsis. . . carefully researched and clearly written . . . Goodwin makes a major step in redefining the enterprise of studying language use in context and across contexts. American EthnologistI recommend the book highly.John Haviland, American AnthropologistGoodwin's thoughtful interpretation of these examples [of children's conversation] is replete with wise insights, challenging critical darts, and well-referenced links to a wide literature. Child Development Abstracts & BibliographyIntellectual breadth shines through this book. Barrie Thorne By combining Goffman's approach to ethnography with in-depth conversational analysis, Goodwin provides important and novel insights into the interactive processes through which culture is created and maintained. The results should be of interest to any social scientist. John J. Gumperz . . . required reading for linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators. Language and AcquisitionThis book is clearly a significant addition to the study of
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1 Talk as Social Action
2 Fieldwork
Section 1 The Neighborhood and Children's Groups
3 The Maple Street Children's Group and Their Neighborhood
Section 2 Directive/Response Sequences and Social Organization
4 Research on Directives
5 "Man, don't come down in here where I am"
Directive Use in a Boy's Task Activity
6 Task Activity and Pretend Play amoung Girls
Section 3 Disputes and Gossip
7 Building Opposition in Children's Argument
8 He-Said-She-Said
Section 4 Stories within Dispute Processess
9 Perspectives on Stories
10 Stories as Participation Structures
11 Instigating
Section 5 Conclusion
12 Conclusion
Appendix A The Children
Appendix B Ritual Insult Sequence
Appendix C Boys' Dispute Stories
Appendix D Girls' Instigating Stories
Notes
References Cited
Name Index
Subject Index
Photographs follow page 54
