"No, we're not playing families": Membership categorization in children's play

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-470

  Butler, Carly ^a   Weatherall, Ann ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33846886711     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327973rlsi3904_4     Document Type: Article

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