In Language Development
Dore (1975) proposed that children's utterances were realizations of one of nine primitive speech acts:
- labelling
- repeating
- answering
- requesting (action)
- requesting (answer)
- calling
- greeting
- protesting
- practicing
Read more about this topic: Speech Act
Famous quotes containing the words language and/or development:
“Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Women, because of their colonial relationship to men, have to fight for their own independence. This fight for our own independence will lead to the growth and development of the revolutionary movement in this country. Only the independent woman can be truly effective in the larger revolutionary struggle.”
—Womens Liberation Workshop, Students for a Democratic Society, Radical political/social activist organization. Liberation of Women, in New Left Notes (July 10, 1967)
Related Phrases
Related Words