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Dore, John. 1977. 'Oh them sheriff': A pragmatic analysis of children's responses to questions. In Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, eds. Child discourse. Academic Press. pp. 139–163.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

appropriateness in child language | question-answer sequence | reactive speech act, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

An investigation into children's pragmatic interpretation of questions, based on a study of spontaneous responses by 3-year-old children to questions addressed to them. An attempt to characterize the notion of pragmatic appropriateness for children's responses.