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Peer reviewedMcCabe, Allyssa; Peterson, Carole – Journal of Child Language, 1985
Describes a study that analyzes the naturalistic productions of "because" and "so" by 96 children, aged three-and-a-half to nine-and-a-half years of age, while narrating personal events. Analyzes results in terms of such factors as: correctness, types of causality, nature of actor/recipient, time of causality, producer, and linguistic issues. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
