Publications

Publication details [#5419]

Keenan, Elinor Ochs. 1974. Conversational competence in children. Journal of Child Language 1 (2) : 163–183.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation, L1-acquisition of

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

K. argues that young children, contrary to Piaget's view, are able to attend one another's utterances and to sustain a coherent dialogue over a number of turns.

Translations

Martens, Karin. 1979. Gesprächskompetenz bei Kindern. In Martens, Karin, ed. Kindliche Kommunikation: Theoretische Perspektiven, empirische Analysen, methodische Grundlagen. Suhrkamp. pp. 168–201.

Reprints

Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin. 1983. In Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin, eds. Acquiring conversational competence. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 3–25.