The Communication Game: Dump and Play
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Vol. 40 (3) , 296-309
- https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.4003.296
Abstract
Communication entails much more than formulating a linguistic code to map underlying intents. It entails the utilization of a role-taking attitude in reconciling communicative obstacles that arise from significant speaker-listener discrepancies in form or code, reference or representation, and license or acceptability. Young children communicate in a “talk to” fashion that essentially is issuing or dumping messages. As role-taking attitudes become acquired, communicative efforts change from merely dumping messages to active resolution of communicative obstacles in an effort to achieve the message of best fit for a particular situation.Keywords
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