Staring at the page: The functions of gaze in a young child⇔s interpretation of symbolic forms

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-152

  Lancaster, Lesley ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; gaze; interpretation; multimodality; symbolic representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734781     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14687984010012001     Document Type: Article

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