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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780031703321

Autore

Champion Tempii Bridgene <1961->

Titolo

Understanding storytelling among African American children [[electronic resource] ] : a journey from Africa to America / / Tempii Champion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-282-37437-0

9781410607100

9786612374371

1-4106-0710-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Disciplina

808.5/43/08996073

Soggetti

African American children - Language

English language - United States - Foreign elements - African

English language - United States - Discourse analysis

English language - United States - Rhetoric

African languages - Influence on English

Storytelling - United States

Storytelling - Africa

Narration (Rhetoric)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-127) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Tell Me Somethin' Good: Storytelling From Africa to America; PART 1 Approaches to Understanding Narrative Structures Among African American Children; 2 Research on Narrative Structures Among African Americans and West Africans; 3 Extending the Research: A Study of Narrative Production Among African American Children; PART II Toward a Repertoire of Narrative Structures Among African American Children; 4 Evaluative Narratives; 5 Episodic Narratives; 6 Moral Centered Narratives; 7 Performative Narratives

PART III Research to Practice8 Implications for Educating African American Students; Appendix A; Appendix B Linguistic Features of



African American English; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America reports research on narrative production among African American children for the purpose of extending previous inquiry and discussion of narrative structure. Some researchers have focused on the influence of culture on the narrative structures employed by African American children; some have suggested that their narrative structures are strongly influenced by home culture; others posit that African American children, like children in general, produce narrative structures typically found in schoo

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Record Nr.

UNISA996204052103316

Titolo

Serbian astronomical journal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Belgrade, : Astronomical Observatory and Dept. of Astronomy, Mathematical Faculty

ISSN

1820-9289

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Astronomy

Astronomy - Research - Yugoslavia

Astronomy - Research - Serbia and Montenegro

Astronomy - Research

Observations.

Periodicals.

Serbia and Montenegro

Yugoslavia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed