The development of other-related conversational skills: A case study of conversational repair during the early years

First Language

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-191

  Forrester, Michael A ^a   Cherington, Sarah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Lassell College   (United States)

Author keywords

(Conversation) analysis; conversational development; developmental pragmatics; early language development; self repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950715679     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723708094452     Document Type: Article

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