Expressing communicative intents in Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish mother-adolescent interactions

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 801-819

  Tulviste, Tiia ^a   Mizera, Luule ^a   De Geer, Boel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 11144321272     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000904006488     Document Type: Review

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