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Publication details [#2757]

Donahue, M., R. Pearl and T. Bryan. 1980. Learning disabled children's conversational competence: Responses to inadequate messages. Applied Psycholinguistics 1 (4) : 387–403.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

developmental deficiency | request for clarification, L1-acquisition of

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

D., P. and B. test learning disabled children's ability to seek further information in a 'find the referent' task where the speaker's message is inadequate. The failure by such children to request extra information is claimed to be an extra-linguistic difficulty.