Both knowledge and discourse are fundamental notions in the humanities and social
sciences. It is therefore surprising that so little detailed research has been done on the …

Written in readable, vivid, non-technical prose, this book, first published in 2007, presents
the highly respected scholarly research that forms the foundation for Deborah Tannen's best …

The nuclear family is both crucible and product of capitalism and modernity, carried forth and
modified across generations through ordinary communicative and other social practices …

Bringing together ethnographic approaches to childhood, linguistic anthropology, and
relational–feminist perspectives on care, this review focuses on the role of children as …

Language, Gender and Feminism presents students and researchers with key contemporary
theoretical perspectives, methodologies and analytical frameworks in the field of feminist …

Study of family language policy unites research in child language acquisition and language
policy to better understand how parents' language decisions, practices and beliefs influence …

Family language policy (FLP) has received increased attention over the last decade as
researchers seek to understand questions such as: why (and how) do members of some …

This book examines how Russian-speaking adoptees in three US families actively shape
opportunities for language learning and identity construction in everyday interactions. It …

Discourse analysis draws upon different disciplinary insights from linguistics, anthropology,
psychology, sociology, communication studies, and education research. Discourse analysts …

A husband echoes back words that his wife said to him hours before as a way of teasing her.
A parent always uses a particular word when instructing her child not to talk during naptime …