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Peer reviewedOrtony, Andrew – Discourse Processes, 1987
Critically examines papers by Wellman and Estes, Olson and Torrance, and Hall and Nagy. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedHidi, Suzanne E.; Hilyard, Angela – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that children's discourse production is organized according to a schema that is discourse specific but modality general. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedWellman, Henry M.; Estes, David – Discourse Processes, 1987
Examines whether young children make explicit references to beliefs, ideas, thoughts, and intentions. Relates that three-year-old children correctly distinguish between real and mental items and that they think and dream about things that are not real. Concludes that conceptual development theories portraying early development as concrete and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
