Abstract
Abstract The role of intonation in language development is discussed in relation to the use a child makes of a concept of story. Naturalistic evidence from an early childhood context is analysed using one system of describing intonation features. Tentative conclusions are drawn suggesting that young children express much meaning through appropriate intonation, that this system may be more developed than lexical or syntactic systems and that complex literary competencies are capable of being developed in the early years of life.
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