Satisfying Inquisitive Adults: Some Simple Methods of Answering Yes/No Questions.

Steffensen, Margaret S.

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Satisfying Inquisitive Adults: Some Simple Methods of Answering Yes/No Questions

Steffensen, Margaret S.

Journal of Child Language, 5, 2, 221-36, Jun 78

A phenomenon called "pragmatic variation" is discussed as a child's individual system of behavior in response to a question the child doesn't understand but realizes that he must verbalize an answer to. (NCR)

Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Learning Processes, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Responses, Verbal Development, Verbal Stimuli, Vocabulary Development

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