The Acquisition of Referring Expressions
A dialogical approach
This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at home and at school, in a wide range of communicative situations and activities. Through the lens of an interactionist and dialogical perspective, it highlights the interaction between the formal aspects of the acquisition of grammatical morphemes, the discourse-pragmatic dimension, and socio-discursive, interactional and dialogical factors. Drawing on this multidimensional theoretical and methodological framework, the first part of the book deals with the relation between reference and grammar, while the second part is devoted to the role of the communicative experience. Progressively, a set of arguments is brought out in favor of a dialogical and interactionist account of children’s referential development. This theoretical stance is further discussed in relation to other approaches of reference acquisition. Thus, this volume provides researchers and students with new perspectives and methods for the study of referring expressions in children.
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 28] 2021. xix, 372 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 27 May 2021
Published online on 27 May 2021
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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List of Figures | pp. ix–x
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List of Tables | pp. xi–xv
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List of Contributors | pp. xvii–xix
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions: Theoretical challenges and methodological issuesAnne Salazar Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Annie Rialland | pp. 2–38
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Part I. Reference and grammar
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Chapter 2. Filler syllables as precursors of referring expressionsNaomi Yamaguchi, Anne Salazar Orvig, Marine Le Mené, Stéphanie Caët and Annie Rialland | pp. 42–80
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Chapter 3. Young children’s uses of referring expressionsChristine da Silva-Genest, Haydée Marcos, Anne Salazar Orvig, Stéphanie Caët and Julien Heurdier | pp. 82–113
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Chapter 4. Referring in dialogical narratives: A study on children’s use of nouns and pronounsStefano Rezzonico, Elise Vinel, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Nathalie Salagnac | pp. 116–139
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Chapter 5. Referring expressions and developmental language disordersStefano Rezzonico, Mélanie Bernasconi, Geneviève de Weck, Christine da Silva-Genest and Stéphane Jullien | pp. 142–161
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Chapter 6. Explorations in the relations between reference, syntactic constructions and prosodyJanina Klein, Stéphane Jullien and Gwendoline Fox | pp. 164–199
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Part II. The role of communicative experience
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Chapter 7. The influence of dialogue in young children’s uses of referring expressionsHaydée Marcos, Anne Salazar Orvig, Christine da Silva-Genest and Julien Heurdier | pp. 204–232
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Chapter 8. Variations in adult use of referring expressions during storytelling in different interactional settingsRouba Hassan, Geneviève de Weck, Stefano Rezzonico, Anne Salazar Orvig and Elise Vinel | pp. 234–260
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Chapter 9. Activities and social settings: Their roles in the use of referring expressionsGeneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan, Julien Heurdier, Janina Klein and Nathalie Salagnac | pp. 262–286
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Chapter 10. The impact of speech genres on the use of referring expressionsElise Vinel, Anne Salazar Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Salma Nashawati and Somayeh Rahmati | pp. 288–316
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Conclusion
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Chapter 11. The acquisition of referring expressions: From formal factors to communicative experienceAnne Salazar Orvig and Geneviève de Weck | pp. 320–345
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Appendixes
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Appendix I. Corpora | pp. 347–359
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Appendix II. Transcription conventions | pp. 361–362
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Appendix III. A. Summary of “Ah les belles vacances des petits cochons” | p. 363
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Appendix III. B. Summary of “Le voleur de poule” | p. 365
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Index
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Cited by seven other publications
Le Mené Guigourès, Marine, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Christine da Silva-Genest & Haydée Marcos
2024. Chapter 5. Young children’s experience of referentiality and nonreferentiality in dialogue. In (Non)referentiality in Conversation [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 344], ► pp. 80 ff.
Le Mené, Marine, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Christine da Silva-Genest & Haydée Marcos
2023. The choice of referring expressions in adult-child dialogues. In Reference [Studies in Language Companion Series, 228], ► pp. 323 ff.
Clark, Eve V.
Masson, Caroline, F. Neveu, S. Prévost, A. Steuckardt, G. Bergounioux & B. Hamma
Salazar-Orvig, Anne, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan & Annie Rialland
2021. Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions. In The Acquisition of Referring Expressions [Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 28],
Salazar-Orvig, Anne, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan & Annie Rialland
2021. Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions. In The Acquisition of Referring Expressions [Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 28], ► pp. 2 ff.
Salazar Orvig, Anne & Aliyah Morgenstern
2015. Acquisition and use of pronouns in a dialogic perspective. In The Acquisition of Reference [Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 15], ► pp. 155 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFDC: Language acquisition
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax