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Reading Questions January 14th Name:

Ochs & Schieffelin. Three Developmental Stories and Their Implications.

1. What is language socialization? How does this concept differ from language acquisition?

2. Give examples of 2-3 key differences among the three societies in terms of whether/how much/how parents talk to infants and very young children?

3. Pick one of the three societies described in the article: what are some things we learn about how values, identity and power are organized in this society, and how does this affect how parents socialize children in and through language in this context?

4. How can cross-cultural comparisons such as this study affect our sense of what is innate or natural in human behavior? Did anything in this article affect your understanding of what is natural in caregiving and caregiver-child interactions?