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Bruner, Jerome S. 1981. The pragmatics of acquisition. In Deutsch, Werner, ed. The child's construction of language. Academic Press. pp. 39–55.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

first language acquisition | linguistics | pragmatic theory | social psychology

Annotation

B. points out some of the problems inherent in a pragmatic approach to language acquisition. In order to solve them he proposes that linguistics should be lured toward social psychology and social psychology toward linguistics.