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Elinor Ochs

"'Linguistic Anthropology' is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice." (Duranti, 2001)

"The editors of this volume (Schieffelin and Ochs) consider socialization to be an interactional display (covert or overt) to a novice of expected ways of thinking, feeling, and acting...through their participation in social interactions, children come to internalize and gain performance competence in these sociocultural defined contexts" (Ochs, 1986, p. 2).

"Language socialization is a dynamic and interactive process that extends throughout the lifespan as people come to participate in new communities, define and redefine themselves according to new roles, and either acquiesce in or challenge the definitions and role relationships formulated by others."

- Schecter & Bayley (2004)

Language Socialization

"As an interdisciplinary approach to the joint processes of enculturation and language acquisition, language socialization (LS)...is located at the crossroads between anthropology, developmental psychology, and sociolinguistics...It is rooted in the notion that novices across the life span are socialized into using language and socialized through language not only in the immediate/local discourse context but also in the context of historically and culturally grounded social beliefs, values, and expectations, that is, in socio-culturally recognized and organized practices associated with membership in a social group (Ochs 2002; Schieffelin & Ochs 1986)." (Xingsong Shi, 2006)

An Activity

In groups of 3 or 4, discuss one of the definitions of Language Socialization. Rephrase the definition "in your own words" and discuss examples of this theory that you have encountered in your own life and/or teaching practice.

UCLA Professor of Linguistic Anthropology

UCLA Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture (CLIC)

UCLA’s Center on the Everyday Lives of Families (CELF)

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