Context Effects on Children's Use of Language.

Reithaug, Tone

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ERIC Number: EJ322940

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Publication Date: 1985

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Context Effects on Children's Use of Language.

Reithaug, Tone

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v29 n1 p43-56 Mar 1985

This study elucidates specific contextual factors important to decentration. Verbal utterances of 24 dyads of children (aged 6) and adults while communicating in a standardized problem-solving situation were analyzed according to egocentric versus decentric language categories and compared to child-child dyads. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Context Clues, Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis, Egocentrism, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Problem Solving, Speech Communication, Teacher Student Relationship, Young Children

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Language: English

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