Early talk about the past: The origins of conversational stories of personal experience

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 293-315

  Miller, Peggy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; SOCIALIZATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024030752     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900012381     Document Type: Article

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