Parent-child interaction in Nigerian families: Conversation analysis, context and culture

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Burns, Annabel ^a   Radford, Julie ^b  

^a Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Cultural difference; Parent child interaction; Preschool; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749179675     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659008090294     Document Type: Article

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