Language in interaction : studies in honor of Eve V. Clark /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Description:1 online resource (xi, 358 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Trends in language acquisition research, 1569-0644 ; volume 12
Trends in language acquisition research ; v. 12.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276530
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Other authors / contributors:Arnon, Inbal, editor.
Casillas, Marisa, editor.
Kurumada, Chigusa, editor.
Estigarribia, Bruno, editor.
Clark, Eve V., honouree.
ISBN:9789027269256
9027269254
1306977592
9781306977593
9789027244017
9027244014
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:It is generally assumed that adults learn how to talk with children in a special style called child-directed speech. But this cannot be the whole story. Each child's ability to speak and understand is a moving target, changing yearly, weekly, even daily. How could adults adapt to these changes? Evidence shows that in conversation both adults and children try to establish, as they go along, the mutual belief that they have understood each other well enough for current purposes. It is this process, called grounding, that allows adults to infer the child's current abilities and to adapt their spe.
Other form:Print version: Language in interaction 9789027244017