Title The voice of the child in American literature : linguistic approaches to fictional child language / Mary Jane Hurst.

Publication Info.	Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1990]
	©1990

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Description	1 online resource (197 pages)
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Contents	Basic structures in child speech: sounds, word forms, and syntax -- Case grammar: role structures of child speech -- Functions of child speech -- Parent-child discourse -- Children's narratives -- Gender and fictional children's language -- Conclusion: "that evening sun."
Summary	The first comprehensive examination of the language of children in literature. Makes a significant and innovative contribution to literary research.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	American literature -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
	Language and languages in literature.
	Language and languages in literature.
	Children in literature.
	Children in literature.
	Speech in literature.
	Speech in literature.
	Children -- Language.
	Children -- Language.
Indexed Term	American literature History and criticism
	Children Language
	Children in literature
	Language and languages in literature
	Speech in literature
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject	Children.
Other Form:	Print version: Hurst, Mary Jane, 1952- Voice of the child in American literature. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1990 0813117232 (DLC) 90033190 (OCoLC)21340339
ISBN	9780813163499 electronic book
	0813163498 electronic book
	9780813153155
	0813153158