Let’s pretend: an investigation of the language used during children’s collaborative pretend play

This research examined preschool children’s use of language during social pretend play. Specifically, the ways in which language serves to (a) create and maintain a fantasy world, and (b) maintain a conversational interaction were compared across two age groups. Twelve children were paired and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D’Orazio, Diana Patrizia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5127