Talking like children : language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands /
Berman, Elise
Talking like children : language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands / Language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands Elise Berman. - xiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Oxford studies in anthropology of language .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-197) and index.
"Give me my child" : an ethnographic introduction to the power of age in Marshallese social life -- What is age and where does it come from? : A theoretical analysis of age and language socialization -- On the road : how to get out of giving to adults -- "Give me my food" : how to avoid giving to another child and produce relative age -- Aged agency : what children can do that adults cannot (and vice versa) -- Socializing age differences.
9780190876982 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780190876975 (cloth : alk. paper)
2018018334
Intergenerational communication--Marshall Islands.
Age groups--Marshall Islands.
Exchange--Social aspects--Marshall Islands.
Marshall Islands--Social life and customs.
DU710 / .B47 2019
996.8/3 / B4502 2018
Talking like children : language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands / Language and the production of age in the Marshall Islands Elise Berman. - xiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Oxford studies in anthropology of language .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-197) and index.
"Give me my child" : an ethnographic introduction to the power of age in Marshallese social life -- What is age and where does it come from? : A theoretical analysis of age and language socialization -- On the road : how to get out of giving to adults -- "Give me my food" : how to avoid giving to another child and produce relative age -- Aged agency : what children can do that adults cannot (and vice versa) -- Socializing age differences.
9780190876982 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780190876975 (cloth : alk. paper)
2018018334
Intergenerational communication--Marshall Islands.
Age groups--Marshall Islands.
Exchange--Social aspects--Marshall Islands.
Marshall Islands--Social life and customs.
DU710 / .B47 2019
996.8/3 / B4502 2018