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ERIC Number: EJ307261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Development of Private Speech among Low-Income Appalachian Children.
Berk, Laura E.; Garvin, Ruth A.
Developmental Psychology, v20 n2 p271-86 Mar 1984
Examines theoretical issues concerning the development of and the unity or diversity underlying private speech and studies the developmental progression of private speech in a low-income, culturally different sample. The effects of age, sex, environmental context, and the relationship of social speech to varieties of private speech are also examined. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Context Effect, Cultural Differences, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals, Low Income Groups, Sex Role, Social Influences, Speech, Speech Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Appalachia; Developmental Patterns; Kohlberg (Lawrence); Private Speech; Vygotsky (Lev S)