Abstract:The relation between conversation and language development will be considered from two perspectives. The first concerns the acquisition of the conversational skills that are necessary to become a competent speaker of a language, such as mastering the implicit rules of turn taking in conversation, directing the interlocutor's attention, initiating and maintaining conversational topics, interacting in accordance with the implicit communicative rules of cooperative interaction (Grice, 1975:48). This implies behav… Show more
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