Becoming independent storytellers: Modeling children's development of narrative macrostructure

First Language

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-88

  Kelly, Kimberly Reynolds ^a   Bailey, Alison Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bidirectional influences in mother child talk; growth analysis; longitudinal design; macrostructural organization of narrative; modeling development; mother child interaction; narrative co construction; narrative development; parental scaffolding; parental verbal supports; past event reminiscing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873367911     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723711433582     Document Type: Article

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