Structures of Argumentative Discourse: Effects of Type of Referential Space

Reports on a study of written protocols by 147 children, ages 7-14. Comparisons were made between those who were asked to debate an issue (formal discourse) and those who were asked to defend an opinion (natural discourse). Finds that older children were able to use different structures for argument...

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Published inEuropean journal of psychology of education Vol. 7; no. 3; p. 219
Main Authors Coquin-Viennot, Daniele, Coirier, Pierre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1992
Subjects
Child Development
Code Switching (Language)
Cohesion (Written Composition)
Discourse Analysis
Elementary Secondary Education
Higher Education
Language Patterns
Logic
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
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Summary:Reports on a study of written protocols by 147 children, ages 7-14. Comparisons were made between those who were asked to debate an issue (formal discourse) and those who were asked to defend an opinion (natural discourse). Finds that older children were able to use different structures for argumentation and write longer arguments. (CFR)
ISSN:0256-2928
DOI:10.1007/BF03172827