Language and Control in Children's Literature by Murray Knowles and Kirsten Malmkjaer
Examines how adults teach culture to children through children's literature
Identifies the mechanisms of control, such as dissimulation, euphemism, unification, fragmentation, reification,
"Suspension of dissent", analogous to suspension of disbelief
Leech and Short, 1981
I wonder about the theoretical framework of this book.
-critical linguistics
Does it take a position on the use of language in children's books to spread culture?
In discussion, Dr. L recommends Shirley Brice Heath's Ways With Words (originally 1983).
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