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Eisenberg, Ann R. 1985. Learning to describe past experiences in conversation. Discourse Processes 8 (2) : 177–204.
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Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

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An analysis of the acquisition of knowledge of event structures and the early organization of memory, based on a corpus of conversations between two Spanish speaking girls (about 20-30 months old) and their families about past events. Three stages of development are identified: (a) dependency on adult participation, (b) dependency on `scripts', and (c) talk about unique occurrences, but difficulty in planning lenghty discourse.