Pragmatic Development in Children's Communication

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What did Carter's study of one child between 12 to 16 months of age reveal?

The child's communicative intentions were limited at that age.

The child's linguistic abilities were significantly delayed compared to other children.

The child used specific sound gesture combinations to express different communicative functions. (correct)

The child had already mastered the use of real words at that age.

What develops in the first few years according to the text?

Only language develops in the first few years.

Neither language nor communicative functions develop in the first few years.

Only communicative functions develop in the first few years.

Both language and communicative functions develop in the first few years. (correct)

What is the relationship between children's communicative intentions and their linguistic means according to the text?

Children do not develop any linguistic means until they have communicative intentions.

Children have no communicative intentions before they have linguistic means.

Children have a range of communicative intentions before they have the adult linguistic means of expressing them. (correct)

Children have linguistic means before they have communicative intentions.

What did Carter's study focus on with regard to the child's age?

Just before the child began to use real words. Signup and view all the answers

What was the timeframe of Carter's study with the child?

12-16 months of age Signup and view all the answers

At what age do children start using language imaginatively as in pretend play?

Around 24 to 26 months Signup and view all the answers

According to Piaget, what is a characteristic of conversations between preschool children?

They take turns talking with little relevance to the previous speaker's turn Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of private speech according to Vygotsky?

Self-guidance and internalization Signup and view all the answers

Why do preschool children not participate in true dialogue according to the text?

They cannot place themselves at the point of view of their hearer Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of children's extralinguistic means, such as intonation and gestures?

To indicate illocutionary force and call the mother from a distance Signup and view all the answers

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What did Carter's study of one child between 12 to 16 months of age reveal?

What develops in the first few years according to the text?

What is the relationship between children's communicative intentions and their linguistic means according to the text?

What did Carter's study focus on with regard to the child's age?

What was the timeframe of Carter's study with the child?

At what age do children start using language imaginatively as in pretend play?

According to Piaget, what is a characteristic of conversations between preschool children?

What is the primary function of private speech according to Vygotsky?

Why do preschool children not participate in true dialogue according to the text?

What is the purpose of children's extralinguistic means, such as intonation and gestures?

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