Child Discourse contains papers presented in a symposium on child discourse at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Mexico City in

This book is an empirical study of naturally occurring interaction between child counselling professionals and young children experiencing parental separation o

This comparative study explores two central questions in the study of first language acquisition: What is the relative impact of structural and functional deter

School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse -- the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written mod

This collection offers an in-depth study of children's peer talk and its potential impact on children's learning.