Mutual apprentices: The making of parenthood and childhood in family dinner conversations

Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 340-361

  Pontecorvo, Clotilde ^a   Fasulo, Alessandra ^a   Sterponi, Laura ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Apprenticeship; Conversation analysis; Family interaction; Language socialization; Normative talk; Tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041906919     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046155     Document Type: Article

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