Relative clauses in French children's narrative texts

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 623-652

  Jisa, Harriet ^a,b   Kern, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^b Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032175796     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000998003523     Document Type: Article

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