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Publication details [#30629]
Hyon, Sunny and Elizabeth Sulzby. 1994. African American kindergartners' spoken narratives: Topic associating and topic centered styles. Linguistics and Education 6 (2) : 121–152. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0898-5898
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper discusses the narrative styles of African American low-income urban kindergartners, which, contrary to Michael's assumptions, include topic associating and topic centered stories. Examples of the two styles are commented on, with particular reference to the thematic and structural features of the topic associating style.