Preschoolers' establishment of mutual knowledge during scripted interactions

First Language

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-236

  Short Meyerson, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutual knowledge; Pragmatics; Preschoolers' language; Pretend play; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952996758     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723709359238     Document Type: Article

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