In tow of the blue whale. Learning as interactional changes in topical orientation

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1519-1537

  Melander, Helen ^a   Sahlström, Fritjof ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Conversation analysis; Interaction; Learning; Participation; Topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349170373     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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