Publications

Publication details [#40715]

Pedlow, Robert, Roger Wales and Ann Sanson. 2004. Children’s production and comprehension of politeness in requests: Relationships to behavioural adjustment, temperament and empathy. First Language 24 (3) : 347–367.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child | directness | politeness | request

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study examines how children’s behavioural adjustment, temperament and empathy relate to their skill to produce and comprehend level of directness -an aspect of politeness - in requests.