Pragmatic Features Flashcards
1
Q
Sacks
A
Turn taking - No gap, no overlap. Conversation doesn’t fail with children as it does with adults
2
Q
Topic
A
Mostly child-directed or child-selected, children will only engage in topics that interest them
3
Q
Grice
A
Maxim of quantity, quality, relevance and manner.
Enough, true, relevant, perspicacious
Don’t apply to children
4
Q
Lakoff
A
Don’t impose, give options, make listener feel good
5
Q
Implicature
A
Very young children don’t understand implicature and so conversation is more direct
6
Q
Positive Face
A
Self-Image
7
Q
Negative Face
A
Right to self-determination
