Shared territory : understanding children's writing as works / Margaret Himley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Himley, Margaret, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Children--Writing.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an effort to re-examine assumptions about written language development, the author views children's drawings and writing as the objectified workings of the human mind, and explores a new concept of the developing child as a "maker of works".

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Situating the Study, Mapping the Argument; The Child Making; 1. The Study of Works: A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding Children as Thinkers and Learners; 2. Deep Talk as Knowing; 3. A Reflective Conversation: ""Tempos of Meaning""; The Person Speaking; 4. Bakhtin: Language as Hero in Early Written Language Development; 5. Thinking Seriously about Children Writing: Constructing an Object of Study; A Child Writing; 6. A Documentary Account of One Young Writer: Matthew Writing; Notes; References; Index; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772610-0

1-280-52442-1

1-4237-3701-6

0-19-536285-3

1-60129-754-8

OCLC:

191935256