Explanatory discourse in young second language learners' peer play

Discourse Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-412

  Aukrust, Vibeke Grøver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

conversational moves; explanatory discourse; extended discourse; pretend play; second language learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710528     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445604044296     Document Type: Article

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