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Talking Like Children
Talking Like Children: Language and the Production of Age in the Marshall Islands | Elise Berman
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Talking Like Children is a series of captivating stories that show how age comes to be. Elise Berman analyzes adoption negotiations, efforts to keep food, and debates about supposed child abuse. In these situations, age differences emerge through the decisions people make, the emotions they feel, and the power they gain.
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Linguistic anthropologist Berman explores the culture of a village on a small #MarshallIslands atoll, revealing the socialization of adults and children based on behavior and language. I was worried this would be dry, but it‘s completely fascinating. She uses a simple story of an interaction between multiple people to illustrate each of her points and is deeply respectful of the people and their culture.

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Librarybelle Sounds fascinating! 10mo
Soubhiville What a view! 10mo
BarbaraBB The view I was referring to the other day 😍 10mo
squirrelbrain Sounds interesting - but is Qc.31 on Amazon! ? Or just over (e8 for a used copy. ? 10mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain Yowza! 😵‍💫 Lucky me, this is from the library. 10mo
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