The marking of new information in children's narratives: A comparison of English, French, German and Mandarin Chinese

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-619

  Hickmann, Maya ^b   Hendriks, Henriëtte ^a   Roland, Françoise ^c   Liang, James ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b Lab Cogn et Developpement   (France)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039015530     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900008965     Document Type: Article

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