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ERIC Number: EJ339220
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective.
Bretherton, Inge; And Others
Child Development, v57 n3 p529-48 Jun 1986
Examines young children's developing ability to talk about emotions, considers evidence concerning the ability to talk about emotions in the conduct of interpersonal interaction, and offers ideas about future directions for research, emphasizing the functionalist approach to the analysis of emotion-denoting terms. (HOD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Expressive Language, Interpersonal Competence, Metacognition, Psycholinguistics, Research Needs, Speech Communication, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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