Pragmatics: Turn Taking and Implicature

Question 1

What game teaches children turn taking early on?

Answer 1

Peekaboo

Question 2

How do parents respond to children in the babbling stage?

Answer 2

Respond as if they were having a normal conversation

Question 3

What does parents asking lots of questions to children when they’re young teach them?

Answer 3

Adjacency pairs

Question 4

What are adjacency pairs?

Answer 4

Conversational turn taking

Question 5

What is the 3 step exchange called? (IRF)

Answer 5

Initiation, Response, Feedback

Question 6

What goes against turn taking that children must be taught not to do?

Answer 6

Interrupting

Question 7

What is Implicature?

Answer 7

Where children learn that some words have underlying meanings

Question 8

What is an example of an Implicature in a request?

Answer 8

“Can you close the door?” is a request, instead of asking if they have the skill to do it

Question 9

How can children playing with peers help pragmatic development? (2 ways)

Answer 9

Learn how to negotiate Arguing their position