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Publication details [#8511]

Schieffelin, Bambi B. 1979. Getting it together: An ethnographic approach to the study of the development of communicative competence. In Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin, eds. Developmental pragmatics. Academic Press. pp. 73–108.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

anthropology | communicative competence, L1-acquisition of | traditional society

Annotation

An explanation of why a major research approach used to investigate how children learn languages in traditional non-English-speaking societies, failed to satisfy its goals. An alternative approach, derived from methods in anthropology, is presented.