Using the social organizational affordances of pretend play in American preschool girls' interactions

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-352

  Kyratzis, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 38149053099     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810701471310     Document Type: Article

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