Dear Ricardo-- Cultural context was published in 1971 and it is long. I think
there may be an article that makes similar point that may even be available
electronically, I will check.
2. Aesop as in Aesop's fables, the Greek story teller. I do not know how
this name is spelled in Portuguese.
Kornei Chukovsky. From 2 to 6. University of California Press. This book
is not about aesopian language. Chukovsky wrote such a book in Russian and
is best known as a translator of Shakespeare. It is very strong on the
necessary creativity of language acquisition (I use it in conjunction with
Orwell's 1984) and has a wonderful chapter on writing poetry for children.
mike
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