Rhetorical intentionality attribution: Its ontogenesis in ordinary conversation

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-536

  Bonaiuto, Marino ^a   Fasulo, Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 0346615556     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1997.tb01147.x     Document Type: Article

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