Exploring the construction of meanings in children's play / Explorações acerca da construção de significados na brincadeira infantil

• Main Authors: Mônica F. B. Correia, Luciano R. L. Meira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2008-01-01
• Series: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
• Subjects: Meaning-making; play; dialogism; interaction; language
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722008000300003&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt

This article presents an investigation of the constitutive aspects of meaning making, with a focus on children's play. We conceptualized this question from a cultural-historical perspective, based on which we offer examples and criteria for analyzing the dynamics of meaning making. Seven interdependent aspects of the process of meaning making are discussed: (a) exploratory motivation; (b) materiality; (c) narrativity; (d) dialogicality; (e) orchestration; (f) abbreviation; and (g) alter-regulation. Examples of these aspects and considerations about their emergence in different circumstances and types of interaction are presented.