Answering questions and explaining answers: A study of finnish-speaking children

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-241

  Loukusa, Soile ^a   Ryder, Nuala ^b   Leinonen, Eeva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension strategies; Inference; Pragmatic processing; Relevance theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 40549145590     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-007-9067-6     Document Type: Article

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