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EJ439211 CS743218

Title: Young Children's Strategies in Learning the "Book Language" of Information Books.
Author(s): Pappas, Christine C.
Source: Discourse Processes, v14 n2 p203-25 Apr-Jun 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0163-853X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1992

Describes several distinctive discourse features of typical information books written for young children by comparing them to book language in typical storybooks. Analyzes four kindergartners' repeated "pretend readings" of three typical information books to reveal the strategies by which these children learn the characteristic linguistic properties of this genre. (SR)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis; Kindergarten Children; *Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Primary Education; Reading Research; *Young Children
Identifiers: *Information Books

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