Bossy and Nice Requests: Children's Production and Interpretation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1986
Keywords
Syntactics, Age groups, Preschool children, Tone of voice, Age, Sex linked differences, Pragmatics, Social structures, Adults
Abstract
Explores the underlying knowledge that children have about the relationship between the structure of requests and the relative status of speakers and listeners. Shows that the three age groups (preschoolers, 5-year-olds, and 10-year-olds) could systematically differentiate the requests by means of syntactic directness or semantics.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v. 32, no. 4, p. 393-413
Scholar Commons Citation
Bryant, Judith B., "Bossy and Nice Requests: Children's Production and Interpretation" (1986). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1207.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1207
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