Understanding Contextual and Social Meaning in Typically Developing Finnish-Speaking Four- To Eight-Year-Old Children

This study examined the development of social-pragmatic comprehension in 170 Finnish four- to eight-year-old children. The children were asked to respond to socially and contextually demanding questions targeting their social-pragmatic language processing, and to explain their correct answers in ord...

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Main Authors: Loukusa Soile, Mäkinen Leena, Gabbatore Ilaria, Laukkanen-Nevala Päivi, Leinonen Eeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Psychology of Language and Communication
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2017-0020