Pragmatic Development

by Anat Ninio, Catherine Snow

Overview

The pragmatic system consists of the rules for appropriate and communicatively-effective language use. This book provides an integrated view of the acquisition of the various pragmatic subsystems, including expression of communicative intents, participation in conversation, and production of extended discourse. The three components of the pragmatic system are presented in a way that makes clear how they relate to each other and why they all fall under the rubric of "pragmatics". The authors combine their own extensive work in these three domains with an overview of the field of pragmatic development, describing how linguistic pragmatics relates to other aspects of language development, to social development, and to becoming a member of one's culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429977688
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/12/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Anat Ninio, Catherine E. Snow

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is Pragmatics? -- The Communicative Uses of Speech -- Prelinguistic Communication and the Transition to Speech -- The First Stage of Speech Use -- The Acquisition of a Verbal-Communicative Repertoire -- Participation in Verbal Interaction -- Children as Conversationalists -- The Pragmatics of Connected Discourse

Editorial Reviews

An integrated view of how children acquire the various subsystems of rules for appropriate and communicatively effective language use, including expressing communicative intents, participating in conversations, and producing extended discourse. Progresses from prelinguistic communication through the first stage of speech use, to children as conversationalists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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