Children's Judgements of the Functional Acceptability of Referential Communications in Discourse Contexts.

Ackerman, Brian P.

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ERIC Number: EJ276606

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983-Feb

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Children's Judgements of the Functional Acceptability of Referential Communications in Discourse Contexts.

Ackerman, Brian P.

Journal of Child Language, v10 n1 p151-66 Feb 1983

Examines whether four- to six-year-old children are sensitive to the contextual influence of previous discourse on judgements of adequacy of referential communication. Findings show the children could discriminate between the functionally informative and ambiguous communications. (EKN)

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Speech Communication, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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