Young children as rule makers

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1477-1492

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

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Conversation analysis; Early childhood; Peer interaction; Rules; Social interaction; Social order

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349262825     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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