Rhymes and child as subject and object of speech Cover Image

Riekanka a dieťa ako subjekt a objekt reči
Rhymes and child as subject and object of speech

Author(s): Zuzana Kováčová
Subject(s): Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: nursery rhyme;children speech;language Picture of the world;gesture;mental models;rhyme;

Summary/Abstract: The rhyme is a verbal array crated by a language community. The rhyme is intended to improve the child’s speech. It is both the object and the subject of it. It has got the specific reception model. The rhyme is the harmony of the speech and being. Gesture in the rhyme is growing from pantomimic to symbolic. The text of the rhyme is monothematic. It has periodical rhyme and rhythm, which forms a basis of its aesthetic form and is easy to remember. The text of the rhyme mediates knowledge to the child, due to which it becomes word in action.

  • Issue Year: II/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 30-43
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak