Publications

Publication details [#8792]

Shatz, Marilyn. 1978. Children's comprehension of their mother's question-directives. Journal of Child Language 5 (1) : 39–46.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive, comprehension of | directive, L1-acquisition of | indirect speech act, L1-acquisition of

Journal WWW

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Annotation

An investigation of the young child's ability to respond appropriately to the intended, as opposed to the literal, meaning of indirect requests for action, showing a surprising ability of two-year-olds to deal with indirect speech acts.