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Publication details [#53024]

Huang, C.-C. 2010. Other-repetition in Mandarin child language: A discourse-pragmatic perspective. Journal of Pragmatics 42 (3) : 825–839.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence | mother-child conversation | pragmatics | repetition in child language

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This study explores forms and functions of other-repetition in Mandarin child language in natural parent–child conversation from a discourse-pragmatic approach. It is argued that other-repetition often reflects children's communicative competence.