On the nature of personal narratives of high quality

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-14

  Ulatowska, H K ^a   Streit Olness, G ^a   Samson, A M ^a   Keebler, M W ^a   Goins, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Discourse devices; Ethnography; Holistic evaluation; Lay raters; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 19144369571     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040410001669453     Document Type: Article

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