Creative and stylistic devices employed by children during a storybook narrative task: A cross-cultural study

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-180

  Gorman, Brenda K ^a   Fiestas, Christine E ^b   Peña, Elizabeth D ^b   Clark, Maya Reynolds ^c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Narrative; Wordless picture book

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOOK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOOKS; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION;

EID: 79955459657     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2010/10-0052)     Document Type: Article

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