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Development and decay of extra-linguistic communication.

B G Bara1, M Bucciarelli, G C Geminiani

  • 1Dipartimento di Psicologia and Centro di Scienza Cognitiva, Università di Torino, Italy.

Brain and Cognition
|June 17, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Cognitive Pragmatics theory explains how complex communication skills develop in children and decline in Alzheimer's patients. This study confirms the theory by analyzing pragmatic task performance across age groups.

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Cognitive Pragmatics analyzes cognitive processes in communication.
  • Previous work explored early communication and deficits in brain injury patients.
  • This study extends the theory to extra-linguistic communication development and decay.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend Cognitive Pragmatics to extra-linguistic communication.
  • Investigate pragmatic task performance in children and Alzheimer's patients.
  • Analyze the emergence and decay of complex pragmatic phenomena.

Main Methods:

  • Studied 2- to 7-year-old children and Alzheimer's patients.
  • Utilized standard and nonstandard pragmatic tasks (irony, deceit).

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  • Compared performance across developmental and pathological conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Confirmed predictions of Cognitive Pragmatics theory.
    • Complex pragmatic comprehension emerges later in child development.
    • Alzheimer's patients exhibit severe decay in complex pragmatic abilities.

    Conclusions:

    • Cognitive Pragmatics framework accommodates development and decay of extra-linguistic communication.
    • The theory provides a unified account for pragmatic abilities across the lifespan.
    • Findings highlight the cognitive underpinnings of nuanced communication.