Publications

Publication details [#6238]

Limber, John. 1976. Unravelling competence, performance and pragmatics in the speech of young children. Journal of Child Language 3 (3) : 309–318.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

competence vs. performance | context of L1-acquisition

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Problem: Is the lack of complex subject NPs in children's speech a competence deficit, a performance problem, or a reflection of pragmatic factors? It is suggested that pragmatics may account for the distribution of clauses in their speech.