Pragmatic development in first language acquisition / edited by Danielle Matthews.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matthews, Danielle, editor.

Series:

Trends in language acquisition research ; Volume 10.

Trends in Language Acquisition Research ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Children--Language.

Children.

Child development.

Language acquisition.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This chapter highlights the growing need and importance of assessing young children's pragmatic language abilities given such factors as the increasing recognition of disproportionate difficulties in pragmatics among different clinical groups, the rise of more usage-based and functional approaches to language acquisition and competence, and evidence of significant, negative long-term outcomes relating to early pragmatic language impairment. Yet, at the same time, the development of pragmatic measures, and the assessment of pragmatics, is fraught with some quite unique challenges. Some of these

Contents:

Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction: An overview of research on pragmatic development; Pragmatic foundations; Moving to the conventional; A focus on reference; Non-literal language use; Organising and marking information; Perspectives on pragmatic development; Discussion; Directions for future research; References; The communicative infant from 0-18 months: The social-cognitive foundations of pragmatic development; Introduction; Birth to nine months: Dancing the tango with a hat stand?

The caregiver's contribution: Scaffolding in dyadic communicationThe infant's contribution: Early behaviours and preferences; Imitative behaviour; A preference for affect; A preference for contingency; A preference for eye contact; The nine month revolution?; Joint Attention; Responding to Joint Attention: Gaze following; Initiating Joint Attention: Pointing and vocalizing; Understanding intentions; Future directions; References; The development of speech acts; 1. Introduction; 2. The origins of Speech Act Theory; 3. The emergence of speech act repertoires

3.1 Speech acts and the transition from the pre-linguistic to linguistic stage3.2 Longitudinal analysis of speech act emergence; 3.3 Later emerging speech acts and associated features; 4. The relationship between form and function; 4.1 Direct and indirect speech acts; 4.2 The interaction between form and function in early child speech; 5. Future research; 6. Conclusion; References; Turn-taking; Introduction; Conversation with children; Contingency; Asking and answering questions; Question and answer types; Repairs; Timely turn-taking; Summary; References

Conversation Analysis and pragmatic developmentIntroduction; The essence of CA: Turn-taking and sequence organisation; Method, data and analytic approach; Analysis and discussion; General discussion; References; Appendix; Ontogenetic constraints on Grice's Theory of Communication; 1. What is a theory of communication?; 1.1 What is a communicative intention?; 2. Grice's Theory of Communication and pragmatic development; 3. Representing communicative intentions; 3.1 The problem of higher-order thoughts; 3.2 The problem of belief; 3.3 The problem of inferring goals

4. Potential solutions to the problem of grasping communicative intent4.1 Modular approaches to communication: Relevance and Pedagogy; 4.1.1 Relevance Theory; 4.1.2 Pedagogy; 4.2 Non-modular approaches to the cognition of communicative intent; 4.3 Expressive Communication; 5. The anti-cognitivist complaint; References; Two pragmatic principles in language use and acquisition; Pragmatic principles; Convention, contrast, and children; Playing the original word game; Conclusion; References; Learning conventions and conventionality through conversation; What is meant by conventionality?

Research on children's understanding of conventional labels, object uses, and behavioral rules

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027270443

9027270449

OCLC:

881433648