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Hicks, Deborah; Wolf, Dennis – 1988
A study of children's language use in narratives given during play examined the longitudinal development of different linguistic systems of narrative structure: pronominal, clausal, and temporal. The narrative and dialogue in play with small toy figures was observed in eight children between the ages of 2 and 7. The findings suggest certain…
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition
