"He take one of my tools!" vs. "I'm building": Transitivity and the grammar of accusing, commanding, and perspective-sharing in toddlers' peer disputes

Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Psychology of Language: Research in the Tradition of Dan Isaac Slobin

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-54

  Kyratzis, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84911167075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837887     Document Type: Chapter

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