Spanish-language narration and literacy development
Subtitle: culture, cognition, and emotion
By: Allyssa McCabe, Lowell Alison Bailey [and] Gigliana Melzi.
Contributors: Bailey, Alison L.; Melzi, Gigliana.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780521883757; 9780521710046
Subjects: Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural variations in mother-child narrative discourse style / Margaret Caspe and Gigliana Melzi; title: Early socio-communicative narrative patterns during Costa Rican mother-infant interaction /  Pablo Stansbery; title: Lessons in mother-child and father-child personal narratives in Latino families / Tonia N. Cristofaro and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda; title: Evaluation in Spanish-speaking mother-child narratives : the social and sense- making function of internal state references / Camila Fernández and Gigliana Melzi; title: Love, diminutives, and gender socialization in Andean mother-child narrative conversations / Kendall A. King and Colleen Gallagher; title: The intersection of language and culture among Mexican-heritage children three to seven years old Spanish narration / Alison Wishard Guerra; title: Beyond chronicity : evaluation and temporality in Spanish-speaking children's personal narratives / Paola Uccelli; title: Narrative stance in Venezuelan children's stories / Martha Shiro; title: Mestizaje : Afro-Caribbean and indigenous Costa Rican children's narratives and links with other traditions / C. Nicholas Cuneo, Allyssa McCabe, and Gigliana Melzi; title: Latino mothers and their preschool children talk about the past / Alison Sparks; title: The contribution of Spanish-language narration to the assessment of early academic performance of Latino students / Alison L. Bailey, Ani Moughamian, and Mary Dingle; title: Cultural variation in narrative competence and its implications for children's academic success / Sarah W. Beck.