Structural development of the fictional narratives of african american preschoolers

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-190

  Price, Johanna R ^a   Roberts, Joanne E ^a   Jackson, Sandra C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; Language development; Narratives; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NARRATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747505431     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/020)     Document Type: Article

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