Discourse structure and mental models
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 1985 (27) , 55-75
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219852706
Abstract
What children know about discourse and its conventions before they start to read may influence their acquisition of reading skill.Keywords
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