Cultural variations in mother–child narrative discourse style

Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy: Culture, Cognition, and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 6-33

  Caspe, Margaret ^a   Melzi, Gigliana ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural variations; Latino children; Mother child book sharing; Mother child narratives; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857660261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511815669.004     Document Type: Chapter

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