Pragmatics Flashcards
Perlocutionary Stage
Beirth-8 months; adults infer communicative intent from unintentional, vegetative behaviors such as the infant’s cough or burp
Illocutionary stage
8-12 months; the use of gestures and vocalizations but no words to express intentions to communicate; show and give objects to initiate convo
Locutionary stage
12 mon-lifespan; the use of words to express intentions to communicate; gesture and other nonverbal behaviors become integrated with spoken language.
Pragmatic skills in infancy
eye contact, turn taking, joint attention
iconic gestures
emerge at the time of first words
gestures
initially produced in isolation but gradually become integrated with spoken language by 2 yrs of age