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Peer reviewedMcClure, Erica; Geva, Esther – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that by grade four children have mastered the basic intrasentential use of both "but" and "although." Adds that not even by grade eight do children display knowledge of the intersentential rule of focus governing adult use of these conjunctions. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
