(re)modeling culture in kwara'ae:The role of discourse in children's cognitive development

Discourse Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-246

  Watson Gegeo, Karen Ann ^a   Gegeo, David Welchman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child discourse; Cognitive development; Cultural models; Language socialization; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007072167     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445699001002005     Document Type: Article

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