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<p>Communication skills are considered extremely important for the development, preservation, and transmission of culture to future generations, and incorporate the complicated relationship between language and culture. This book focuses on an analysis of personal narratives by Japanese pre-school children. The book also analyzes mother-child narratives and joint book-reading activities.</p>

Author

Masahiko Minami

Publisher

Multilingual Matters, UTP, 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150 (cloth: ISBN-1-85359-574-8, $89.95; paper: ISBN-1-85359-573-X, $44.95). Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781853595745

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction