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1. Talking to Adults

   The Contribution of Multiparty Discourse to Language Acquisition

   Edited by Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Catherine E. Snow

   This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the contribution of multiparty intergenerational talk in a variety of cultures to the development of children's communicative capacities. The book focuses on the complexity of the cultural and interactional contexts in which pragmatic...

   Published May 12th 2002 by Psychology Press
2. Talking to Adults

   The Contribution of Multiparty Discourse to Language Acquisition

   Edited by Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Catherine E. Snow

   This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the contribution of multiparty intergenerational talk in a variety of cultures to the development of children's communicative capacities. The book focuses on the complexity of the cultural and interactional contexts in which pragmatic...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
3. Literacy and Motivation

   Reading Engagement in individuals and Groups

   Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Catherine E. Snow

   The central question in this volume is how to create a society of "engaged readers" in today's world, where reading is increasingly overruled by other media, such as television and personal computers. Engaged readers, as the term is used in this book, means readers who are socially interactive,...

   Published April 11th 2001 by Routledge
4. Literacy and Motivation

   Reading Engagement in individuals and Groups

   Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Catherine E. Snow

   The central question in this volume is how to create a society of "engaged readers" in today's world, where reading is increasingly overruled by other media, such as television and personal computers. Engaged readers, as the term is used in this book, means readers who are socially interactive,...

   Published February 28th 2001 by Routledge
5. Children's Language

   Volume 7

   Edited by Gina Conti-Ramsden, Catherine E. Snow

   Series: Children's Language Series

   This volume presents current research findings on vital issues in language development compiled by an international group of leading researchers. The data are drawn from studies of the acquisition of Swedish, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Themes emphasized in...

   Published June 30th 1990 by Psychology Press