Descriptor
Source
| Discourse Processes | 3 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedHall, William; Nagy, William E. – Discourse Processes, 1987
Compares semantic uses of mental state words by children four and a half to five years old. Suggests that children's linguistic and cognitive capacities can be influenced a great deal by subtle situational factors and that the effects vary according to the child's cultural background. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedOrtony, Andrew – Discourse Processes, 1987
Critically examines papers by Wellman and Estes, Olson and Torrance, and Hall and Nagy. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedHidi, Suzanne E.; Hilyard, Angela – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that children's discourse production is organized according to a schema that is discourse specific but modality general. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
