Assessing the Pragmatic Abilities of Children
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Vol. 49 (1) , 2-11
- https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.4901.02
Abstract
This paper describes an organizational framework for the assessment of pragmatic abilities in children. The framework addresses the areas of communicative intention, presupposition, and the social organization of discourse. For each area, assessment parameters are presented in coordination with a review of pertinent literature.Keywords
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