Quigley Jean. The Grammar of Autobiography: A Developmental Account

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. — 231 pages. ISBN13: 9780585342443This discussion is situated at the interface of psychology and linguistics where discourse, language, and grammar form the point of contact between the two disciplines. In this psychology, the importance of language as a dynamic, social interactive phenomenon in the development and daily life of the individual is highlighted. Its linguistics counterpart describes a child who is actively learning to use language for interpersonal and social purposes. This psychological and social approach to discourse pays close attention to the use of linguistic forms, bringing grammar to bear on questions of self and identity.The Discursive Self
Modal Auxiliaries, Subjectivity and the Self
The English Modal Auxiliaries and Their System of Meanings
The Acquisition and Development of the English
Modal Auxiliaries: Psycholinguistic Research
The Study: A Developmental Linguistic Investigation of Modal Auxiliaries in Children's Autobiographical Accounts
Modal Grammar in the Construction of the Self
A Sense of Responsibility: CAN
A Sense of Commitment: WILL
The Grammar of Autobiographical Narrative
A Sense of Location
Tense: Acting Out or Acting Into?
Verbs: Acting Out or Acted On?
Pronouns: Speaker or Spoken About?
Constructing a Narrative Identity
Accounting for Oneself: The Discourse of Agency
Reporting
Agency
Emotions
Theory of Mind Statements
Evaluating Oneself: The Discourse of Morality
Interpersonal Narrating Functions
Prescribing
Problem-Solving
Unreal States