Learning Discourse Topic Management in the Preschool Years.

Foster, Susan H.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Learning Discourse Topic Management in the Preschool Years.

Foster, Susan H.

Journal of Child Language, v13 n2 p231-50 Jun 1986

Explores the ability of 5 children aged 1 month to 30 months to initiate and maintain topics of conversation. The data demonstrate that at the beginning of development children simply attract attention to themselves as the topic of conversation and that later, as their interests broaden, their topic repertoire expands. (Author/SED)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Naturalistic Observation, Nonverbal Communication, Parent Role, Pragmatics, Speech Communication, Toddlers, Videotape Recordings

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