The Acquisition of Referring Expressions

A dialogical approach

Editors

Anne Salazar-Orvig | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

Geneviève de Weck | Université de Neuchâtel

Rouba Hassan | Université Lille 3

Annie Rialland | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle | CNRS

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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

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.28

Table of Contents

List of Figures | pp. ix–x

List of Tables | pp. xi–xv

List of Contributors | pp. xvii–xix

Introduction

Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions: Theoretical challenges and methodological issues

Anne Salazar Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Annie Rialland | pp. 2–38

Part I. Reference and grammar

Chapter 2. Filler syllables as precursors of referring expressions

Naomi Yamaguchi, Anne Salazar Orvig, Marine Le Mené, Stéphanie Caët and Annie Rialland | pp. 42–80

Chapter 3. Young children’s uses of referring expressions

Christine da Silva-Genest, Haydée Marcos, Anne Salazar Orvig, Stéphanie Caët and Julien Heurdier | pp. 82–113

Chapter 4. Referring in dialogical narratives: A study on children’s use of nouns and pronouns

Stefano Rezzonico, Elise Vinel, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Nathalie Salagnac | pp. 116–139

Chapter 5. Referring expressions and developmental language disorders

Stefano Rezzonico, Mélanie Bernasconi, Geneviève de Weck, Christine da Silva-Genest and Stéphane Jullien | pp. 142–161

Chapter 6. Explorations in the relations between reference, syntactic constructions and prosody

Janina Klein, Stéphane Jullien and Gwendoline Fox | pp. 164–199

Part II. The role of communicative experience

Chapter 7. The influence of dialogue in young children’s uses of referring expressions

Haydée Marcos, Anne Salazar Orvig, Christine da Silva-Genest and Julien Heurdier | pp. 204–232

Chapter 8. Variations in adult use of referring expressions during storytelling in different interactional settings

Rouba Hassan, Geneviève de Weck, Stefano Rezzonico, Anne Salazar Orvig and Elise Vinel | pp. 234–260

Chapter 9. Activities and social settings: Their roles in the use of referring expressions

Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan, Julien Heurdier, Janina Klein and Nathalie Salagnac | pp. 262–286

Chapter 10. The impact of speech genres on the use of referring expressions

Elise Vinel, Anne Salazar Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Salma Nashawati and Somayeh Rahmati | pp. 288–316

Conclusion

Chapter 11. The acquisition of referring expressions: From formal factors to communicative experience

Anne Salazar Orvig and Geneviève de Weck | pp. 320–345

Appendixes

Appendix I. Corpora | pp. 347–359

Appendix II. Transcription conventions | pp. 361–362

Appendix III. A. Summary of “Ah les belles vacances des petits cochons” | p. 363

Appendix III. B. Summary of “Le voleur de poule” | p. 365

Index

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Cited by seven other publications

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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.

2022. Adding Subjects on the Left. In Developing Language and Literacy [Literacy Studies, 23], ► pp. 35 ff.

Masson, Caroline, F. Neveu, S. Prévost, A. Steuckardt, G. Bergounioux & B. Hamma

2022. Parler à et avec les enfants en crèche : conduites langagières et dialogiques des adultes et des enfants en situation de lecture partagée et de jeu libre. SHS Web of Conferences 138 ► pp. 09008 ff.

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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