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Development of Discourse Rules: Children's Use of Indexical Reference and Cohesion.

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Dent, Cathy H. – Developmental Psychology, 1984

Examines the conditions under which children and adults use indexical words to refer to objects or to corefer with nouns in discourse. Subjects at three ages (6, 10, and adult) performed simple tasks and described their actions. (Author/AS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Context Effect, Language Research

Development of Private Speech among Low-Income Appalachian Children.

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Berk, Laura E.; Garvin, Ruth A. – Developmental Psychology, 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…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Context Effect