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Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'.

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Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'. / Gillen, Julia.
In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2000, p. 171-184.

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Gillen, J 2000, 'Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'.', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171-184. https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2000.1.2.5

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Gillen, J. (2000). Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 1(2), 171-184. https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2000.1.2.5

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Gillen J. Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 2000;1(2):171-184. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2000.1.2.5

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Gillen, Julia. / Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'. In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 2000 ; Vol. 1, No. 2. pp. 171-184.

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