Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Discursive Self; 2 Modal Auxiliaries, Subjectivity and the Self; 3 The Study: A Developmental Linguistic Investigation of Modal Auxiliaries in Children's Autobiographical Accounts; I Modal Grammar in the Construction of the Self; 4 A Sense of Responsibility: CAN; II The Grammar of Autobiographical Narrative; 5 A Sense of Location; III Constructing a Narrative Identity; 6 Accounting for Oneself: The Discourse of Agency; 7 Evaluating Oneself: The Discourse of Morality; 8 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index
Summary
This is the first book to bring together four distinct literatures--functional linguistics, child language, narrative development, and discursive psychology. It is an outgrowth of the historical relationship between psychology and linguistics, especially