Mindful storytellers: Emerging pragmatics and theory of mind development

First Language

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-46

  Fernández, Camila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

discourse; narrative; pragmatics; social cognitive development; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873342275     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723711422633     Document Type: Article

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