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Original Articles

The roominess of language: mothers' descriptions of their infants and a discourse analysis approach to reflective function

La dimension spacieuse du langage : les descriptions faites par des mères de leurs jeunes enfants et l'évaluation par analyse du discours de la fonction réflexive

L'ampiezza del linguaggio: descrizioni materne dei loro bambini e un approccio di ‘discourse analysis' sulla funzione riflessiva: Die Geräumigkeit von Sprachen: Beschreibungen ihrer Babies von Müttern und ein Ansatz der Diskursanalyse über reflektive Funktion

Pages 393-413 | Published online: 17 May 2010

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