Pragmatic Functions of the Given/New Contract in Child Discourse.

Takahara, Paul O.

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Pragmatic Functions of the Given/New Contract in Child Discourse.

Takahara, Paul O.

Language Sciences, v1 n2 p249-72 Sep 1979

Investigates the functional nature of the communication process observed in interactions of English-speaking and Japanese-speaking children from the two-word stage onward, with special attention to the given/new contract and pragmatic factors. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Pragmatics, Sentence Structure, Speech Communication

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Language: English

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