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Peer reviewedMcDonald, Lynda; Pien, Diana – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Examines the conversation behavior of mothers toward their children with respect to two hypotheses: that the mothers' underlying interactional intent can be inferred from patterning in their conversation and that the utterances having a directive or controlling function will show a negative relationship to those designed to elicit conversation…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Role, Language Styles
