Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective.

Bretherton, Inge; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ339220

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Learning to Talk about Emotions: A Functionalist Perspective.

Bretherton, Inge; And Others

Child Development, v57 n3 p529-48 Jun 1986

Examines young children's developing ability to talk about emotions, considers evidence concerning the ability to talk about emotions in the conduct of interpersonal interaction, and offers ideas about future directions for research, emphasizing the functionalist approach to the analysis of emotion-denoting terms. (HOD)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Expressive Language, Interpersonal Competence, Metacognition, Psycholinguistics, Research Needs, Speech Communication, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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