Form-Function Relations in Narrative Development
Subtitle: How Anna Became a Writer
Publisher: Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9789027264251
Subjects: Discourse analysis, narrative; Narration (rhetoric); Written communication; Literacy; Psycholinguistics
Description: This book provides insights into the development toward narrative competence, and illustrates multifaceted patterns in the developing capacity to create globally coherent narrative texts. The methodology draws from both a psycholinguistic approach to narrative development, systemic functional linguistics, and writing pedagogy theory. This book extends previous studies on narrative writing development since it provides a multifaceted window into the progression of narrative development, from elementary school through secondary school and university to life as a professional journalist and writer. It also shows how narrative writing development is related to the cognitive, emotional/psychological and social development of the individual.