The Voice of the Child in American Literature: Linguistic Approaches to Fictional Child Language by Mary Jane Hurst
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Overview: We as adults are reflected in our children, those in our literature as well as those in our familes, and so it is natural to want to examine their presence among us. Children and child speech are important literary elements which merit careful critical analysis. Surprisingly, comprehensive studies of the child in American fiction have not been previously attempted and fictional child speech, even that of individual characters has been almost totally ignored. Nevertheless, the language of fictional children warrants attention for several reasons. First, language and language acquisition are primary issues for children much as sexual development is primary issues for adolescents.
Genre: Fiction > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Criticism & Theory
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