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Pragmatic development in first language acquisition /
"Pragmatic development is increasingly seen as the foundation stone of language acquisition more generally. From very early on, children demonstrate a strong desire to understand and be understood that motivates the acquisition of lexicon and grammar and enables ever more effective communicatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Colección: | Trends in language acquisition research ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?