child lang pragmatics Flashcards
children need to learn pragmatic skills such as
implicature and inference
politeness and co operation
features of speech children have to learn:
Tag Questions
Hedges
Context-specific Language
Topic Drift
children tend to learn the rules of turn-taking _____ in language acquisition.
early
minimal responses are used when a child fails to _________ or has ____ ________ in a topic
understand
lost interest
children learn the rules of ____ ______ in ____-____________
turn taking
proto-conversations
if a child fails to turn take when speaking to an adult the adult will do what?
provide them with a turn
if a child fails to turn take, the adult may…
shift the topic to one that the child may co-operate with
if a child interrupts …
the adult will cede their turn to the child
are children successful with adjacency pairs?
children do not have adjacency pairs mastered yet, they can not always complete them.
what happens with children’s topic loops?
they are usually co-operated with
which of Grice’s maxims are not obeyed always by children?
the maxims of: quality
quantity
relevance
manner
when do children learn laws of implicatue?
late infantry
what manner do children not typically speak in?
a ‘face-protective’ one
what do children accidentally do?
face-threatening acts
which of lakoffs maxims do children not know?
Dont impose
give options
make the listener feel good
why do children learn language?
to fulfil purposes, they learn language through what they use it for
what theory did Hallidays come up with for this idea?
Taxonomy
language is used to fulfill a need
instrumental
language is used to influence the behaviour of others
regulatory
language is ued to develop and maintain social relationships
interactional
language is used to express feelings, opinions and individual identity
personal
language is used to convey facts and information
representational
language is used to tell stories and create an imaginary world
imaginative
language is used to learn more about the world
heuristic
what did dore come up with to classify children’s speech
dore’s functions
dore says children use _______ to name a person,object or thing
labelling
dore says children use _______ to repeat an adult word or utterance
repeating
dore says children use _______ responding to an utterance of another speaker
answering
dore says children use _______ ________ to ask for something to be done
requesting action
dore says children use _______ for getting attention by shouting
calling
dore says children use _______ to greet asomeone or something
greeting
dore says children use _______ to object to requests from others
protesting
dore says children do _______ , using language
that is not adressed to anyone present
practising
