features of children's book

Question 1

name a book that displays child language aquisition features

Answer 1

‘giraffes can’t dance’ - Giles Andrade, Guy Parker- Rees

Question 2

what graphological features are often used within this book?

Answer 2

• colourful images= connects words with their meaning
• lineation= text intertwined with images; the way text appears mimics/mirrors the content
• text moves left to right/up and down
• helping learning of written numbers “eight babboons” (image shown of 8 baboons)

Question 3

what phonological features are used in this book?

Answer 3

shifts to active voice in speech

Question 4

what lexis and semantics features are shown?

Answer 4

• repetition
• modifications; adverbs,adjectives
• verbs = introduces new vocabulary
• pre modifiers
• consonance (repeating consonant sounds within nearby words)

Question 5

what grammar/syntax is used?

Answer 5

• use of passive voice
• variety of simple, compound, complex sentences