Communicative effectiveness in child language. Basic pragmatic indicators
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- Milagros Fernández Pérez (ES) Universidad de Santiago de Compostela http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-4417
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This paper highlights communicative efficacy as a prominent ingredient for evaluation of child language. Such is its relevance that the dynamics of language acquisition are built largely on the components that define the effectiveness in child language. So, the specific task of this paper is to argue for the role of four pragmatic markers that regulate the basic communicative strength in child interaction, namely: (a) communicative intentions; (b) response to communication; (c) interaction and conversation, and (d) contextual variation (Dewart & Summers 1988). These four parameters are also decisive elements for the evaluation of language acquisition in the early stages, beyond possible prerequisites related to grammatical components and structures. Child language is a work-in-progress, not comparable to adult language. Which means that «usage grammars» in interactions constitute the basis over which the formal grammar shall be built (Givon 2002, 2009).
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