Developmental pragmatics Pragmatics skills most children are expected to develop by age 3 They are social language rules 3 areas using language Skills Requests for objects Should be able to ask for objects Requests for actions Should be able to identify actions and request them can you help me reach that Should be able to describe tasks ex if a child is working on a project a teacher parent should be able to ask the order and the child should be able to describe it Assertions Denials Children should register denials for assertions or actions that are opposite of what they are trying to accomplish ex if they ask for a fork and receive a spoon Can be created by intentionally leaving out info that the child needs to complete a Request for info task how questions Callings or summons Children should be able to call another adult child or teacher Ex a child may need to alert a teacher or parent A child should be able to tell a person something new or not previously known to Stated info them Developmental Disorders Childhood apraxia of speech Development aphasia Impaired language development Deficient motor control of speech sounds syllables words Dysarthia Autism Deficient motor control in the mouth face and respiratory system Impaired verbal and non verbal communication Discourse Pragmatics What are natural language quantifiers Words that emphasize comparisons a few few some all not many NLQs do NOT indicate specific numerical quantities Properties When buying a car from a dealership people would rather hear few of these cars have problems rather than a few of these cars have problems Few focuses on the cars that do not have problems a few focuses on the cars that are expected to have problems
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