Telling the unknown story complex and explicit narration by African American preadolescents - Preliminary examination of gender and socioeconomic issues

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-173

  Mainess, Karen J ^a,d   Champion, Tempii B ^b   Mccabe, Allyssa ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 22944441633     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-5898(01)00060-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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