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?

    <p>Just before the child began to use real words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>12-16 months of age</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Around 24 to 26 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Self-guidance and internalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>They cannot place themselves at the point of view of their hearer</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To indicate illocutionary force and call the mother from a distance</p> Signup and view all the answers

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