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Peer reviewedStenning, Keith; Michell, Lynn – Discourse Processes, 1985
Reports the results of a study showing that one stylistic feature, the inclusion of connectives other than "and/then" is a good predictor of explanation in five- to ten-year-olds, but a straightforward lack of linguistic resources is not necessarily what limits older children's achievement of explanatory narrative. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
