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Peer reviewedMaybin, Janet – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Analyzes childrens' (ages 10-12) narratives to show how the stories contribute to children's ongoing construction of knowledge and identity. Argues that children's use of reported speech drives the referential and evaluative functions of their stories and that their reproduction and framing of others' and their own voices enables them to reflect…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Discourse Analysis, Evaluative Thinking
