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ERIC Number: EJ304608
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Why Young Listeners Do Not Benefit from Differentiating Verbal Redundancy.
Sonnenschein, Susan
Child Development, v55 n3 p929-35 Jun 1984
Investigates assumptions young listeners may make about speaker authoritativeness. First and fourth graders were asked how the protagonist in a story would respond to what could be interpreted as redundant directions. Stories varied in terms of age and certainty of speaker. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 4, Perception
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Authoritativeness; Communicative Intention; Developmental Differences; Speaker Characteristics; Verbal Redundancy