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Child Language & Child Development

The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy

Author: Masahiko Minami

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Format: Hardback (pp: 300) ISBN: 1-85359-574-8

Publication date: 11 Apr 2002 13 Digit ISBN: 978-1-85359-574-5


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Summary: Communication skills are considered extremely important for the development, preservation, and transmission of culture to future generations, and incorporate the complicated relationship between language and culture. This book focuses on an analysis of personal narratives by Japanese pre-school children. The book also analyzes mother-child narratives and joint book-reading activities.
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Research Design: Methodology and Basic Concepts 4. Monologic Narrative: 1. Narrative Development 5. Monologic Narrative Structure in Japanese 6. Parental Narrative Elicitation Styles 7. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Parental Narrative Elicitation 8. Styles of Parent-Child Book Reading in Japanese Families 9. Conclusion and Implications References/Index.

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