Cultural variations in the construction of personal narratives: Central American and European American mothers' elicitation styles

Discourse Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-177

  Melzi, Gigliana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642388824     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326950DP3002_04     Document Type: Article

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