Keith T Kernan
Biographic Data
| ID | 163278 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith T Kernan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith T |
| FAMILY NAME | Kernan |
| SIGNATURE | KERNAN K T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology
The Give and Take of Everyday Life
The Give and Take of Everyday Life: Language Socialization of Kaluli Children. Bambi B. Schieffelin. Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, No. 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 278 pp. $49.50 (cloth), $16.95 (paper
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
It's just a dream
Linguistic Anthropology
Discourse features as criteria in judging the intellectual ability of speakers
This study was undertaken to identify and describe those features of spoken discourse that native speakers of English consider to be indicative of level of intellectual functioning. Thirty judges listened to eleven narrations of a short film and then identified the speakers as “mildly mentally retarded” or “not retarded” and gave reasons for their decisions. The discourse criteria cited by judges in making their judgments fell into the categories…
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Use of services for the mentally retarded in the African-American community
Mentally retarded individuals, their families, and professionals in the service delivery system in the African-American community were interviewed concerning the use of services for the mentally retarded. It was found that African-Americans underutilized available services. Reasons for this included aspects of the service delivery system and features of African-American Culture. Recommendations were made for increasing the use of services.
Art and artifice in Belizean Creole
Verbal art and performance are highly valued in the Belizean Creole speech community. In this paper we define and describe a number of types of verbal artistic performances that occur in ongoing conversations and show the importance of indirection in Belizean speech. These performances serve functions in addition to the poetic and are similar in both their form and function to verbal performances in other African-American speech communities. [Cre…
Meaning in Child Language
A Study in Structural Semantics
Linguistics
The Cross-Generation Relative Age Criterion of Kinship Terminology
Art and artifice in Belizean Creole
Verbal art and performance are highly valued in the Belizean Creole speech community. In this paper we define and describe a number of types of verbal artistic performances that occur in ongoing conversations and show the importance of indirection in Belizean speech. These performances serve functions in addition to the poetic and are similar in both their form and function to verbal performances in other African-American speech communities. [Cre…
The Give and Take of Everyday Life
The Give and Take of Everyday Life: Language Socialization of Kaluli Children. Bambi B. Schieffelin. Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, No. 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 278 pp. $49.50 (cloth), $16.95 (paper
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
It's just a dream
The Cross-Generation Relative Age Criterion of Kinship Terminology
The Cross-Generation Relative Age Criterion of Kinship Terminology
Linguistics
A Study in Structural Semantics
Meaning in Child Language
Use of services for the mentally retarded in the African-American community
Mentally retarded individuals, their families, and professionals in the service delivery system in the African-American community were interviewed concerning the use of services for the mentally retarded. It was found that African-Americans underutilized available services. Reasons for this included aspects of the service delivery system and features of African-American Culture. Recommendations were made for increasing the use of services.
Art and artifice in Belizean Creole
Verbal art and performance are highly valued in the Belizean Creole speech community. In this paper we define and describe a number of types of verbal artistic performances that occur in ongoing conversations and show the importance of indirection in Belizean speech. These performances serve functions in addition to the poetic and are similar in both their form and function to verbal performances in other African-American speech communities. [Cre…
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Discourse features as criteria in judging the intellectual ability of speakers
This study was undertaken to identify and describe those features of spoken discourse that native speakers of English consider to be indicative of level of intellectual functioning. Thirty judges listened to eleven narrations of a short film and then identified the speakers as “mildly mentally retarded” or “not retarded” and gave reasons for their decisions. The discourse criteria cited by judges in making their judgments fell into the categories…
It's just a dream
Linguistic Anthropology
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
The Give and Take of Everyday Life
The Give and Take of Everyday Life: Language Socialization of Kaluli Children. Bambi B. Schieffelin. Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, No. 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 278 pp. $49.50 (cloth), $16.95 (paper
Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology
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