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Publication details [#5972]

Langendonck, Willy Van. 1979. Complexity and acquisition of illocutionary acts. In Velde, Marc Van de and Willy Vandeweghe, eds. Sprachstruktur, Individuum und Gesellschaft: Akten des 13. Linguistischen Kolloquiums, Gent 1978, Band 1. M. Niemeyer. pp. 289–299.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

indirect speech act, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

L. posits a correlation between speech act complexity (e.g. the difference between basic and indirect speech acts) and the order of acquisition by a child.