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Villaume, Susan – 1984
A study examined primary-grade children's ability to construct felicitous, or audience-accommodating, character introductions in their stories. The study was intended to (1) describe the linguistic variation children employed in character introductions; (2) identify cognitive factors other than egocentrism contributing to infelicitous…
Descriptors: Characterization, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis
