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Classifying communicative acts in children's interactions
Journal of Communication Disorders
|June 1, 1994
Summary
Understanding how people express intentions is key to language. Existing systems for classifying communicative intents are often limited, prompting the development of a new, comprehensive framework for analyzing these intents.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Describing communicative intents and expression rules is vital for understanding language.
- Existing classification systems for communicative intents have limitations in scope, developmental applicability, or theoretical grounding.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically evaluate existing systems for classifying communicative intents.
- To propose a new system for analyzing communicative intents that addresses identified limitations.
Main Methods:
- Review and critique of existing frameworks for classifying communicative intents.
- Development of criteria for an adequate system of communicative intent analysis.
Main Results:
- Identified limitations in current systems regarding scope, developmental range, and theoretical basis.
- Proposed a novel system designed to meet enhanced criteria for analyzing communicative intents.
Conclusions:
- A more comprehensive and theoretically sound system is needed for analyzing communicative intents.
- The proposed system offers an improved approach to understanding speakers' repertoires of communicative intents.