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ERIC Number: EJ226071
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Dec
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How to Do Things by Asking: Form-Function Pairings in Mothers' Questions and Their Relation to Children's Responses.
Shatz, Marilyn
Child Development, v50 n4 p1093-99 Dec 1979
The questions 17 mothers addressed to their children, aged 18-34 months, during a play session were examined for the purpose they served in the conversation and the forms used to express them. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Infants, Language Acquisition, Mothers, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conversation; Form Attending; Functional Context; Questions