Publications

Publication details [#7897]

Redder, Angelika and Karin Martens. 1983. Modalverben ausprobieren: Wie Kinder mit Modalverben handeln. In Boueke, Dietrich and Wolfgang H. Klein, eds. Untersuchungen zur Dialogfähigkeit von Kindern. G. Narr. pp. 163–181.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

German

Keywords

adult-child conversation | modal verb, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

With reference to two functional-pragmatic analyses of a communication event between a mother and her 4.5-year-old child, it is demonstrated how the discursive function of modal verbs is tried out by the child.