Communicative intents expressed by parents in interaction with young children

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-267

  Pan, Barbara Alexander ^a   Imbens Bailey, Alison ^b   Winner, Kendra ^b   Snow, Catherine ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NONE

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