Role play and language development in the preschool years

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-414

  Andresen, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child child interaction; Decontextualization of language; Language development; Metacommunication; Role play; Zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644463538     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X05058577     Document Type: Article

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