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Blum-Kulka, S. (1996). Cultural patterns in dinner talk. In W. Senn (Ed.), Families (pp. 76-107). Tubingen: Gunter Narr.
Blum-Kulka, S. (1998). Involvement in narrative practice: audience response in child-adult conversational story telling. In A. Aksu-Koc, A. Erguvani-Taylan, S. Ozsoy, & A. Kuntay (Eds.), Perspectives on language acquisition: Selected papers from the 7th International Congress for the Study of Child Language (pp. 221-236). Istanbul: Bogazici University.
Blum-Kulka, S. (2000). Gossipy events at family dinners: negotiating sociability, presence and the moral order. In J. Coupland (Ed.), Small Talk (pp. 213-241). Harlow, England: Longman.
Blum-Kulka, S. (2002). "Do you believe Lot’s wife is blocking the way to Jericho?" Co-constructing theories about the world with adults. In S. Blum-Kulka & C. E. Snow (Eds.), Talking to adults (pp. 85-117). Mahwah, NJ & London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Snow, C. E., & Blum-Kulka, (2002). From home to school: school-age children talking to adults. In S. Blum-Kulka & C. E. Snow (Eds.), Talking to adults (pp. 327-343). Mahwah, NJ. & London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Blum-Kulka, S. (2007 ). Dinner talk: Gaining cultural membership in literate societies. In: R. Horowitz (ed.), Talking texts: how speech and writing interact in school learning (pp.135-157). Mahwah: N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum.