The Acquisition of Referring Expressions

A dialogical approach

Editors

Anne Salazar-Orvig

| Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

Geneviève de Weck

| Université de Neuchâtel

Rouba Hassan

| Université Lille 3

Annie Rialland

| Université Sorbonne Nouvelle & CNRS

Hardbound – Forthcoming

ISBN 9789027208354 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

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ISBN 9789027260222 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at home and at school, in a wide range of communicative situations and activities. Through the lens of an interactionist and dialogical perspective, it highlights the interaction between the formal aspects of the acquisition of grammatical morphemes, the discourse-pragmatic dimension, and socio-discursive, interactional and dialogical factors. Drawing on this multidimensional theoretical and methodological framework, the first part of the book deals with the relation between reference and grammar, while the second part is devoted to the role of the communicative experience. Progressively, a set of arguments is brought out in favor of a dialogical and interactionist account of children’s referential development. This theoretical stance is further discussed in relation to other approaches of reference acquisition. Thus, this volume provides researchers and students with new perspectives and methods for the study of referring expressions in children.

[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 28] Expected June 2021. xix, 369 pp. + index

Publishing status: In production

Table of Contents

This is a provisional table of contents, and subject to changes.

List of contributors	xviii–xix
Introduction	2–38
Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions: Theoretical challenges and methodological issues Anne Salazar-Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Annie Rialland	2–38
Part I. Reference and grammar	42–199
Chapter 2. Filler syllables as precursors of referring expressions Naomi Yamaguchi, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Marine Le Mené, Stéphanie Caët and Annie Rialland	42–80
Chapter 3. Young children’s uses of referring expressions Christine da Silva-Genest, Haydée Marcos, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Stéphanie Caët and Julien Heurdier	82–113
Chapter 4. Referring in dialogical narratives: A study on children’s use of nouns and pronouns Stefano Rezzonico, Elise Vinel, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Nathalie Salagnac	116–139
Chapter 5. Referring expressions and developmental language disorders Stefano Rezzonico, Mélanie Bernasconi, Geneviève de Weck, Christine da Silva-Genest and Stéphane Jullien	142–161
Chapter 6. Explorations in the relations between reference, syntactic constructions and prosody Janina Klein, Stéphane Jullien and Gwendoline Fox	164–199
Part II. The role of communicative experience	204–316
Chapter 7. The influence of dialogue in young children’s uses of referring expressions Haydée Marcos, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Christine da Silva-Genest and Julien Heurdier	204–232
Chapter 8. Variations in adult use of referring expressions during storytelling in different interactional settings Rouba Hassan, Geneviève de Weck, Stefano Rezzonico, Anne Salazar-Orvig and Elise Vinel	234–260
Chapter 9. Activities and social settings: Their roles in the use of referring expressions: Their roles in the use of referring expressions Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan, Julien Heurdier, Janina Klein and Nathalie Salagnac	262–286
Chapter 10. The impact of speech genres on the use of referring expressions Elise Vinel, Anne Salazar-Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Salma Nashawati and Somayeh Rahmati	288–316
Conclusion	320–345
Chapter 11. The acquisition of referring expressions: From formal factors to communicative experience Anne Salazar-Orvig and Geneviève de Weck
Appendix I. Corpora	348–359
Appendix II. Transcription conventions	362
Appendix III. A. Summary of “Ah les belles vacances des petits cochons”
Appendix III. B. Summary of “Le voleur de poule”
List of Figures	ix–x
List of Tables	xi–xv
Chapter 11. The acquisition of referring expressions: From formal factors to communicative experience	320–345
Index

Subjects

Linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition

BISAC Subject: LAN009060 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2020050375 | Marc record