Discourse acquisition

Question 1

what is egocentrism

Answer 1

• a child’s inability to take the perspective of their listener – assume adult can read their mind – leads to obscurity

Question 2

what is relevancy

Answer 2

• children assume adults know everything and can piece together the relationship between various aspects of the topic

Question 3

what are the three features of Sinclair and Coulthard’s (1975) IRF structure

Answer 3

• Initiation
• Response
• Feedback

Question 4

3 features of Sinclair and Coulthard’s (1975) IRF structure explained

Answer 4

• initiation: mother asks child a question
• response: child provides a response to the question
• feedback: mother praises child for giving an appropriate answer

Question 5

A02: Keenan and Schieffelin (1976) study explained

Answer 5

• Immature pronunciations
• Over-dependence on contextual cues and gestures (pointing)
• limited vocabulary (difficult to establish a discourse topic that doesn’t relate to here and know)

Question 6

what are Mark Halliday’s (1975) 7 functions

Answer 6

• Instrumental
• Regulatory
• Interactional
• Personal
• Heuristic
• Imaginative
• Representational

Question 7

Mark Halliday’s (1975) 7 functions explained

Answer 7

• Instrumental ( child’s trying to fulfil a need)
• Regulatory ( to control the behaviour of someone)
• Interactional (used to develop relationship w/ others)
• Personal (to express views and preference)
• Heuristic (to explore the world around them
• Imaginative (to explore something creatively or during play)
• Representational (to exchange info.)