How do young children reformulate assertions? A comparison with requests

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 781-798

  Marcos, Haydée ^a   Bernicot, Josie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 0031161241     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(96)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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