Publications

Publication details [#8805]

Shatz, Marilyn and Laura McCloskey. 1983. Answering appropriately: A developmental perspective on conversational knowledge.

Publication type

Working paper

Publication language

English

Keywords

appropriateness in child language | question-answer sequence, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

How is it that children begin to learn to answer appropriately? What factors govern children's earliest responses in conversation, and what kinds of knowledge acquisition transform those early efforts into more sophisticated ones? Finally, does child performance shed any light on the characteristics of the adult system?

Reprints

Kuczaj, Stan A. II. 1984. In Kuczaj, Stan A. II, ed. Discourse development: Progress in cognitive development research. Springer. pp. 19–36.