Oral Discursive Practices Involving Printed Materials and Fictional Narratives

Abstract

Inspired by studies on emerging literacy, which indicate the importance of interactional processes and discursive practices in the constitution of the literate subject, in this article, we propose a discussion about oral discursive practices involving interactional situations between a Brazilian child and its different interlocutors. In this perspective, we highlight the practices in which there is the presence of printed materials containing fictional narratives mediating the interactions. The set of data considered in the study is part of a broader research proposal, involving the “narrative path” of ‘E’, this child. The collected material has a longitudinal and naturalistic character, being composed of daily filming done by the parents. Among the data, we separate records corresponding to the second year of life of ‘E’. Our preliminary analyzes highlight a predominance of interactional situations and oral discursive practices involving children’s storybooks and classic children’s literature texts read to ‘E’, mainly by the mother. From the theoretical references to which we are affiliated, we understand that the establishment of these practices is the key to the child’s “capture” (LEMOS, 2002) for this symbolic universe and for their entry into the functioning of the language, marked both by their gestures, vocalizations, and speech, as well as the adult’s interpretation and their relation to the narrated history

Keywords

• emerging literacy
• discursive practices
• printed materials