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Pretend play as improvisation : conversation in the preschool classroom

Title: Pretend play as improvisation : conversation in the preschool classroom / R. Keith Sawyer.
Author: Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)
Publication: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1997.

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xxviii, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / William A. Corsaro -- 1. Play and Conversation -- 2. An Improvisational Theory of Children's Play -- 3. Studying Pretend Play in the Preschool Classroom -- 4. Performance Style and Performances -- 5. Joining the Performance: The Metapragmatics of Play Entry -- 6. The Improvisational Exchange: Using Metapragmatic Strategies to Negotiate the Play Frame -- 7. The Performance of Play: Children's Group Improvisations -- 8. Improvisation and Development.

ISBN

0805821198 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

96027823

OCLC

34966171
ocm34966171

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Columbia University Libraries