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Publication details [#8806]

Shatz, Marilyn, D.K. Bernstein and M.A. Shulman. 1980. The responses of language disordered children to indirect directives in varying contexts. Applied Psycholinguistics 1 (3) : 295–306.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language deficiency | context of L1-acquisition | directive, L1-acquisition of | indirect speech act, L1-acquisition of

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Annotation

S., B. and S. report a study in which such children's comprehension is examined in neutral, linguistic and non-linguistic contexts. They report differences in the ability to use prior linguistic context, and to generate requests for further information about the directive as compared to normal children.