03865nam 2200757 a 450 991045531770332120200520144314.01-282-37437-0978141060710097866123743711-4106-0710-0(CKB)111056486640248(EBL)356326(OCoLC)476181535(SSID)ssj0000264684(PQKBManifestationID)11256325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264684(PQKBWorkID)10291610(PQKB)11394191(MiAaPQ)EBC356326(Au-PeEL)EBL356326(CaPaEBR)ebr10237135(CaONFJC)MIL589456(EXLCZ)9911105648664024820020415d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding storytelling among African American children[electronic resource] a journey from Africa to America /Tempii ChampionMahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates20031 online resource (147 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-98649-6 0-8058-3407-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-127) and indexes.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 NarrativesPART III Research to Practice8 Implications for Educating African American Students; Appendix A; Appendix B Linguistic Features of African American English; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject IndexUnderstanding 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 schooAfrican American childrenLanguageEnglish languageUnited StatesForeign elementsAfricanEnglish languageUnited StatesDiscourse analysisEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricAfrican languagesInfluence on EnglishStorytellingUnited StatesStorytellingAfricaNarration (Rhetoric)Electronic books.African American childrenLanguage.English languageForeign elementsAfrican.English languageDiscourse analysis.English languageRhetoric.African languagesInfluence on English.StorytellingStorytellingNarration (Rhetoric)808.5/43/08996073Champion Tempii Bridgene1961-900070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455317703321Understanding storytelling among African American children2010938UNINA