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Peer reviewedPeterson, Carole – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Analysis of the use of the connective "but" by 3- to 9-year-olds indicated that all most commonly used the word to signal semantic relationships and for pragmatic functions. Younger children most frequently used "but" when causal or precausal relationships existed, and older children used "but" more to encode complex contrast. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
