Bossy and Nice Requests: Children's Production and Interpretation.

Becker, Judith A.

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ERIC Number: EJ345985

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Publication Date: 1986

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Bossy and Nice Requests: Children's Production and Interpretation.

Becker, Judith A.

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v32 n4 p393-413 Oct 1986

Explores the underlying knowledge that children have about the relationship between the structure of requests and the relative status of speakers and listeners. Shows that the three age groups (preschoolers, 5-year-olds, and 10-year-olds) could systematically differentiate the requests by means of syntactic directness or semantics. (HOD)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Development, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Semantics, Sex Differences, Social Development, Verbal Communication, Verbal Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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