Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Playful talk, play frames and identity work: An ethnographically informed sociolinguistic approach 13
6. Chapter 2. Setting the scene 39
7. Chapter 3. Playful talk across contexts at school: Emergence and development 73
8. Chapter 4. Sequencing and response work: Teasing children's talk in recreational contexts 119
9. Chapter 5. Play frames and the organisation of classroom talk 161
10. Chapter 6. Playful talk, play frames and social identities across contexts 205
11. Conclusion 251
12. Post script: Six years later 257
13. Appendix I: Maps and classroom plan 263
14. Appendix II: Data sources 267
15. Appendix III: Transcription conventions 275
16. References 277
17. Author index 293
18. Subject index 297