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Feldman, Carol Fleisher – Cognitive Development, 2005
There is a great deal of narrative in play and also of play in narrative, especially in the narrative and play of young children. Part of the reason for this may be that they share an important pattern or structure in the way they work as mental instruments, "mimesis." Mimesis is a mode of representation in which the relation between the symbol…
Descriptors: Imitation, Young Children, Play, Narration