Unravelling Competence, Performance and Pragmatics in the Speech of Young Children.

Limber, John

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Publication Date: 1976

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Unravelling Competence, Performance and Pragmatics in the Speech of Young Children

Limber, John

Journal of Child Language, 3, 3, 309-318, Oct 76

Inferences about linguistic competence in children are typically based on spontaneous speech. Children's use of complex object and adverbial noun phrase is seen as a reflection of pragmatic factors. Similar adult patterns indicate children's lack of subject clauses may be due to the nature of spontaneous speech. (CHK)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Syntax

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