Book contents
- Implicatures
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Implicatures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Types of Implicature
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- 7 Implicatures and Language Processing
- 8 The Acquisition of Implicatures in the Course of First Language Development
- 9 Implicatures and Second Language Acquisition
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
8 - The Acquisition of Implicatures in the Course of First Language Development
from Part III - Empirical Evidence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 June 2019
Book contents
- Implicatures
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Implicatures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Types of Implicature
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- 7 Implicatures and Language Processing
- 8 The Acquisition of Implicatures in the Course of First Language Development
- 9 Implicatures and Second Language Acquisition
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents empirical studies that have tested children’s ability to understand implicatures. It starts with the category of relevance implicatures, before moving to scalar implicatures. In both cases, the conclusion is that even young children during the preschool years have the ability to derive implicatures when the task is kept simple enough. The chapter then presents studies that have focused on cases of atypical development, such as autism spectrum disorders, SLI and deafness.
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- Implicatures , pp. 167 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019