Cross-sex peer conflict and the discursive production of gender in a Chinese preschool in Taiwan

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 539-568

  Farris, Catherine S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese societies; Conflict talk; Gender differences; Peer relationships; Preschool culture; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165538     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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