Publications

Publication details [#4694]

Hickmann, Maya and James V. Wertsch. 1978. Adult-child discourse in problem solving situations. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 14 : 133–144.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | cognitive development | directive, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

H. and W. argue that adults' directives to children in problem solving situations play an important role not only in the immediate communicative context but in the long-term cognitive development of the children as well.