Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-272-3470-4
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Co

Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

Reihe: Trends in Language Acquisition Research

Pragmatic development is increasingly seen as the foundation stone of language acquisition more generally. From very early on, children demonstrate a strong desire to understand and be understood that motivates the acquisition of lexicon and grammar and enables ever more effective communication. In the 35 years since the first edited volume on the topic, a flourishing literature has reported on the broad set of skills that can be called pragmatic. This volume aims to bring that literature together in a digestible format. It provides a series of succinct review chapters on 19 key topics ranging from preverbal skills right up to irony and argumentative discourse. Each chapter equips the reader with an overview of current theories, key empirical findings and questions for new research. This valuable resource will be of interest to scholars of psychology, linguistics, speech therapy, and cognitive science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Danielle

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung