Age and Social Class in Children's Use of Persuasive Communicative Appeals.

Piche, Gene L.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ191015

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Publication Date: 1978

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Age and Social Class in Children's Use of Persuasive Communicative Appeals.

Piche, Gene L.; And Others

Child Development, v49 n3 p773-80 Sep 1978, Sep78

Sixteen fifth graders and 16 ninth graders representing combinations of high and low SES delivered a persuasive message to each of four hypothetical target listeners. Deriving in part from Bernstein's developmental sociolinguistic theory, messages were analyzed into five major categories of appeal. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Research, Social Differences, Sociolinguistics

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Language: English

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