The Multimodality of Mark-Making in Early Childhood

by Lesley Lancaster

Lancaster uses multimodal theory and methodology in order to comment upon the earliest stages of children's mark-making, in this innovative new book. Based on a recently completed ESRC project directed by the author, this work demonstrates that well before the age of three, children already understand how the marks they make can refer symbolically to meanings beyond themselves. This understanding is based on an ability to draw on the kinds of concepts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415872316
• ISBN13: 9780415872317
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages