Introduction: The potential of peer talk

Discourse Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-306

  Blum Kulka, Shoshana ^a   Snow, Catherine E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

child discourse; language development; peer interaction; peer talk; pragmatic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993704984     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445604044290     Document Type: Editorial

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