Becoming “Good for Oneself ” Patwa and Autonomy in Language Socialization

Alisia’s mother and I are sitting at the table while she peels carrots for lunch. Alisia (one year and eleven months), who frequently urinates on herself, suddenly leaves the room and returns a few minutes later without her shorts on. This follows: The mother’s aggravated stance and threats to “beat...

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Published inPlaying with Languages p. 115
Main Author Amy L. Paugh
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berghahn Books 15.09.2012
Edition1
Subjects
Adults
Baby talk
Behavioral sciences
Caregivers
Child abandonment
Child rearing
Children
Civil law
Communications
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Families
Family desertion
Family law
Family members
Grandmothers
Grandparents
Human behavior
Human populations
Human societies
Labor economics
Law
Medical personnel
Mothers
Occupations
Parenting
Parents
Persons
Population studies
Social behavior
Social institutions
Social interaction
Social sciences
Sociology
Speech
Spoken communication
Teasing
Verbal abuse
Verbal aggression
Women
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Summary:Alisia’s mother and I are sitting at the table while she peels carrots for lunch. Alisia (one year and eleven months), who frequently urinates on herself, suddenly leaves the room and returns a few minutes later without her shorts on. This follows: The mother’s aggravated stance and threats to “beat” Alisia suggest that the child is in for a punishment for wetting her shorts (line 1). Alisia has heard this threat from her mother before, however, as the family struggled to toilet train her with limited success. She boldly replies, “No” (line 2). Her mother then threatens her in a
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