Preschoolers' communicative competence: Register shift in the marking of power in different contexts of friendship group talk

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Volumn 21, Issue 63, 2001, Pages 387-431

  Kyratzis, Amy ^a   Marx, Traci ^a   Wade, Evelyn Reder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 9144250681     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272370102106308     Document Type: Article

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