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Informational functions of mother–child discourse: knowing them when we see them*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Lynda Olsen-Fulero
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 223 - 229
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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Address for correspondence: Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387.

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