Maintaining and Reintroducing Referents in French: Cognitive Constraints and Development of Narrative Skills

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-50

  Vion, Monique ^a   Colas, Annie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Language development; Narratives; Oral communication; Reference cohesion; School age children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

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

EID: 0032615718     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1998.2475     Document Type: Article

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