I'm sorry i said that: Apologies in young children's discourse

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 599-620

  Ely, Richard ^a   Gleason, Jean Berko ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749344180     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000906007446     Document Type: Article

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