| Term | Definition |
|---|
| pragmatics | function or use |
| discourse | conversation, a series of successive utterances shared by at least 2 persons. the accumulative utterance should: stick together and add something new |
| turn taking | intitiate topics of conversation, extend topics, maintain topics |
| topic maintenance | speakers' ability to continue conversation by contributing comments related to their partners' last utterance |
| assertive and responsive | talk about what 2 things with pragmatics? (the utterance level acts) |
| assertive | ask questions, make statements, make comments |
| responsive | respond to questions, statements, and comments |
| contingent queries | a request by the listener for additional info of clarrification from the speaker. good conversationalists use this. young kids use this to initiate or continue exchange. language impaired don't ask for clarification and normal dev kids do. |
| presuppositional | ability of speakers' to judge their listeners language abilities, experiences, and awareness of relevant info. speaker makes backround assumptions. choice of topic-assume person is interested. give nicknames to certain ppl. |
| ellipsis | speaker omits redundant info. |
| narratives | these stories are imp. cause part of life experiences. most elements acquired by beginning of school. |
| monologues | private speech |
| collective monologue | preschooler talks in presence of others. self generated stories, retelling of movies, recounting of personal exp. |
| protonarratives | narratives about things that have happened |
| heaps | unrelated statements about a central stimulus. Ex= there's a truck. the man has a red hat. this is smoke. i see a dog. that dog has spots. and here's a car and a bike |
| sequences | events linked on basis of similiar attributes/events. EX= the lion lives in a cave. the seal has a cave where he swims. and the monkey has trees in his cage. and the birds do, too. and, the hippo has a giant bath tub! |
| age 3 | what age when children develop dilogue beyond a few turns? |
| age 5 | how old when kids can sustain certain topics for around 12 turns? |
| age3-4 | how old when become more aware of social aspects of conversation? |
| Age 4 | how old when use many roles/registers during play? |
| stick together and add something new | when having discourse (conversation), what should the accumulative utterances do? |
| heaps, sequences, narrative | what are the three stages the child developes when it comes to their development of narratives? |
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