Talking about writing: What we can learn from conversations between parents and their young children

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-484

  Robins, Sarah ^a   Treiman, Rebecca ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450257888     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409090237     Document Type: Article

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