Table of contents
List of tables
IX
Acknowledgements
XI
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
Purpose of the study
2
The organization of the book
4
Chapter 2.Theoretical framework
5
Previous research on writing development
5
Narrative development
10
Writing models
19
Systemic functional linguistics
21
Narrative writing and identity
41
Terminology
42
Conclusion
43
Chapter 3.The present study
45
The texts
45
Anna
47
Ethical principles
50
Reading position and text analysis
51
Translations from Swedish into English
52
Conclusion
53
Chapter 4.Pictorial texts
55
Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal
56
Form and function
63
Conclusion and comparison
70
Chapter 5.Exploration and mimicry
71
Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal
73
Form and function
91
Conclusion and comparison
105
Chapter 6.Enacting social relations
107
Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal
108
Form and function
121
Landscapes of action and consciousness, the reader
135
Thinking for speaking and thinking for writing
136
Conclusion and comparison
138
Chapter 7.Shaping a voice
141
Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal
142
Form and function
162
Conclusion and comparison
181
Chapter 8.Increased fictionality and context sensitivity
185
Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal
185
Form and function
202
Transfer from English
220
Conclusion and comparison
222
Chapter 9.Towards narrative competence
225
From beginning to advanced level
225
Linguistic form and narrative function relations development
238
Patterns of stability and change, variability
245
The multidimensional variables effecting narrative writing development
247
Anna and narrative writing
255
Reading and writing fiction
257
Theoretical and pedagogical implications of the study
262
Directions for future research
266
Conclusion
267
Appendix 1
271
Appendix 2
275
References
277
Author index
291
Subject index
295
This article is available free of charge.