Conversational competence and social development / Ioanna Dimitracopoulou.
"This book provides new insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation. The author combines a pragmatic analysis of the functions language can perform with an innovative and extensive empirical investigation of the development of young...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | "This book provides new insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation. The author combines a pragmatic analysis of the functions language can perform with an innovative and extensive empirical investigation of the development of young children's language use and sociocognitive skills. She gives a detailed description of the development of children's language between the ages of three-and-a-half and seven, broadens the scope of theorizing about language development by placing it in relation to the development of social understanding, and provides a new framework for understanding speech problems and designing ways to solve them. It is the first study to find a strong link between language, sociocognitive development, and social development. It will be welcomed by child language specialists, developmental and social psychologists, conversation and discourse analysts, and their advanced students."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 1990. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 167 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521031834 9780521031837 |