Download or read book Emerging Patterns of Literacy written by Rhian Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique study of parent-infant interactions at home, Rhian Jones analyses early reading with picture books and stories. Drawing upon psychology, linguistics and anthropology she provides a wide ranging and highly original account of the conversational 'rules' of reading dialogues, semantic knowledge and picture book reading, the ontogenesis of narrative and the construction and expression of the infant unconscious. This provides an absorbing and valuable account to all academics and practitioners concerned with language acquisition, literacy and early childhood development.