Voice, rhythm, and genre in children's early writing

Bibliographic Data

ID14760972
AuthorsBettina Perregaard (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume96
Pages101525
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0388-0001 • E-ISSN: 1873-5746
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101525
OpenAlexW4312002270
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Studies within evolutionary musicology and ontogenetic development propose an intimate relation between the quality of the human voice, the rhythm of interactional patterns (e.g. the alternation between repetition and improvisation), the origins of aesthetics, and the characteristics of performances within the temporal arts. Focusing on the role of auditory perception in children's development of narrative skills, this article similarly proposes an intimate relation between children's voices in interaction, their imitative use of formulaic and genre-specific language, and their creative and aesthetically attuned written compositions. The notion of voice opens up a productive and coherent approach to investigating how children interactionally and imitatively come to develop a command and reflexive understanding of spoken and written genres. The discussion is based on a full ethnography of children's acquisition of written language during their second school year

Aesthetics · Art · Improvisation · Linguistics · Narrative · Perception · Rhythm · Spoken language · Visual arts · Communication · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access