Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ318199
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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On the Use of "Will" and "Gonna:" Toward a Description of Activity-Types for Child Language.
Gee, Julie; Savasir, Iskender
Discourse Processes, v8 n2 p143-75 Apr-Jun 1985
Describes a study of the use of the terms "will" and "gonna" in the speech of two three-year-old girls. The results suggest that one of the functions of "will" and "gonna" is to impart different causal relations to the two practices of "undertaking" and "planning." (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Usage, Oral Language, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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