Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition: 10 (Trends in Language Acquisition Research) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027234809 ISBN 13: 9789027234803

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2014

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027234809
• ISBN 13: 9789027234803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Matthews Danielle