A clear and lively introduction to current trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse
studies, this book is a valuable guide for students and teachers of linguistics as well as for …

This book summarizes the last decade of my journey exploring interdisciplinary approaches
to the study of language and interaction. The core of this work was developed as my Ph. D …

Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary
influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a …

This study is a cross-linguistic investigation of the nominal expressions used to introduce, re-
introduce and maintain reference to animate characters in the Frog Story in English and …

Communication skills are considered extremely important for the development, preservation,
and transmission of culture to future generations, and incorporate the complicated …

Four experiments examined whether 3-year-olds' comprehension of pronouns was affected
by the discourse prominence of the possible antecedents. In each experiment, children …

Pragmatic development requires the ability to use linguistic forms, along with non-verbal
cues, to focus an interlocutor's attention on a referent during conversation. We investigate …

Three experiments examined 2.5-year-olds' sensitivity to discourse structure in pronoun
interpretation. Children heard simple two-character stories illustrated by pictures on two …

One hundred and seventy-two English-speaking 5-to 7-year-olds participated in a referential
communication task where we manipulated the linguistic mention and the visual presence of …

Focusing on children's production of the dative alternation in English, we examine whether
children's choices are influenced by the same factors that influence adults' choices, and …