Production and judgment of linguistic devices for attaining a detached stance in Spanish and Catalan.

Highlights: [•] Catalan and Spanish speakers meet the linguistic requirements of expository texts very early. [•] The use of clause-level detachment devices shows a protracted development. [•] Modality of production influences the development of clause-level devices, more typical of written texts. [•] Language differences reveal a more detached stance in Catalan than in Spanish. [•] Production and judgment data show major differences among language use and language awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]