The Sixth Edition of William A. Corsaro and Judson G. Everitt′ s groundbreaking text
discusses children and childhood from a sociological perspective—providing in-depth …

Storytelling provides opportunities for children to practise displays of affective stance.
Children's spontaneous tellings are noticeable as systematic and organized work, which are …

Conversation analytic work on young children's storytelling across various settings (eg
Burdelski and Evaldsson,. Research on Children and Social Interaction 3: 1–5, 2019) has …

Early years researchers interested in storytelling have largely focused on the development
of children's language and social skills within constructed story sessions. Less focus has …

Children frequently share stories as they play. Oral storytelling brings forth matters to do with
language competence, and thus may present challenges for those with varying linguistic …

This chapter recommends a gestalt-contexture approach to stories in conversation. The
gestalt-contexture approach advocates for a more holistic view of context, through analyses …

In preschool settings, children challenge the adult-initiated rules in many ways during their
play activities with peers. This ethnographic study with children aged 3–5 years was built on …

Classrooms are busy institutional settings in which conversational agendas are typically
ordered by teachers due to the focus on curriculum content. Opportunities for extended …

Bisherige linguistische Studien zum mündlichen Erzählen beziehen sich vornehmlich auf
die Beschreibung verbaler und vokaler Verfahren. Erzählen findet jedoch häufig unter den …

This chapter discusses findings from a research project exploring young children's
storytelling expertise. The aim of the project was to understand more fully how conditions for …