'I told you so': Justification used in disputes in young children's interactions in an early childhood classroom

Discourse Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 595-614

  Cobb Moore, Charlotte ^a   Danby, Susan ^a   Farrell, Ann ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disputes; Early childhood classroom; Interaction; Justification; Social order; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849123379     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445608094214     Document Type: Article

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