Direct and indirect directives: What do young children understand?
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
- Vol. 43 (3) , 346-358
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(87)90012-9
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- From communication to language—a psychological perspectivePublished by Elsevier ,2002
- Preschool children's comprehension and production of directive formsJournal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1985
- Young Children's Responses to Direct and Indirect DirectivesThe Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1983
- Children's judgements of the functional acceptability of referential communications in discourse contextsJournal of Child Language, 1983
- Responding to indirect speech actsCognitive Psychology, 1979
- Interpreting metaphors and idioms: Some effects of context on comprehensionJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
- Children's comprehension of their mothers' question-directivesJournal of Child Language, 1978
- Understanding what is meant from what is said: A study in conversationally conveyed requestsJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975