Editing Socialization (section)

===Language socialization===
Based on comparative research in different societies, and focusing on the role of language in child development, [[linguistic anthropology|linguistic anthropologists]] [[Elinor Ochs]] and [[Bambi Schieffelin]] have developed the theory of language socialization.<ref name="language">{{multiref2
| Schieffelin, Bambi B.; Ochs, Elinor (1987). ''Language Socialization across Cultures''. Volume 3 of ''Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language''. Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0521339197|978-0521339193}}
| Schieffelin, Bambi B. (1990). ''The Give and Take of Everyday Life: Language, Socialization of Kaluli Children''. P CUP Archive, {{ISBN|0521386543|978-0521386548}}
| Duranti, Alessandro; Ochs, Elinor; Schieffelin, Bambi B. (2011). ''The Handbook of Language Socialization'', Volume 72 of Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. John Wiley & Sons, {{ISBN|1444342886|978-1444342888}}
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They discovered that the processes of [[enculturation]] and socialization do not occur apart from the process of [[language acquisition]], but that children acquire language and culture together in what amounts to an integrated process. Members of all societies socialize children both ''to'' and ''through'' the use of language; acquiring competence in a language, the novice is by the same token socialized into the categories and norms of the culture, while the culture, in turn, provides the norms of the use of language.