Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).

• Author's AcknowledgementsPublisher's AcknowledgementsPART I: DISCOURSES OF CHILDHOODIntroduction to Part I1. Children in the news (1): threatened, protected, active2. Children in the news (2): the idea of the child3. Children in the English languagePART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL WORLDIntroduction to Part II4. Perpectives on researching cihldren and language5. Perspectives on language, identity and the social worldPART III: CHILDREN'S TALKIntroduction to Part III6. The social status of 'child' in informal talk7. Blurred boundaries: speaking to children, speaking as a child8. Children's negotiations of the social worldPART IV9. Conclusions and implicationsReferencesIndex

Alison Sealy is Professor at the University of Lancaster, UK. She is the author of Researching English Language: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge, 2010).

• Author's AcknowledgementsPublisher's AcknowledgementsPART I: DISCOURSES OF CHILDHOODIntroduction to Part I1. Children in the news (1): threatened, protected, active2. Children in the news (2): the idea of the child3. Children in the English languagePART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL WORLDIntroduction to Part II4. Perpectives on researching cihldren and language5. Perspectives on language, identity and the social worldPART III: CHILDREN'S TALKIntroduction to Part III6. The social status of 'child' in informal talk7. Blurred boundaries: speaking to children, speaking as a child8. Children's negotiations of the social worldPART IV9. Conclusions and implicationsReferencesIndex