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Peer reviewedPeterson, Carole; McCabe, Allyssa – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Presents analyses of the use of the essential connectives "so,""because,""then," and "but" in narratives of children aged three to nine years. Connectives were used semantically, pragmatically, or, rarely, in error. Age changes were minimal. Structural complexity and elaboration improved throughout the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Conjunctions, Connected Discourse
