Telling stories of experiences: Narrative development of young Chinese children

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-104

  Chang, Chien Ju ^a  

^a National Taipei Teacher's College   (Taiwan)

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EID: 2542565710     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716404001055     Document Type: Article

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