LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:7 July 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Evaluation of Pragmatic Skills in 2-5 Year Old
Kannada Speaking Children

H. N. Shilpashri, Ph.D.
Shyamala K. Chengappa, Ph.D.

Abstract

Effective communication requires not only linguistic knowledge but social knowledge as well. The rule governing the use of language in context is termed as pragmatics (Bates, 1976a). This study evaluated the performance of 2-5 year old typically developing Kannada speaking children on five pragmatic skills. 36 children participated in this study. One hour audio-video sample of mother-child interaction was recorded. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of frequency of pragmatic skills initiated and responded by each child during the course of interaction with his/her communicative partner (i.e., mother).

Keywords: Pragmatic skills, Typically developing children (2-5 year), Kannada Speakers.

Introduction

Early social interactions provide the vehicle through which the child acquires the linguistic structures. Since the middle of 1970’s and 1980’s emphasis began to shift from defining language in terms of syntax and semantics to defining language in terms of its use (i.e. pragmatics). A useful framework for understanding early pragmatics development derives from the theory of speech acts (Austin 1962, Searle, 1969). In Austin’s view, sentences have three components: their intended function, “illocutionary force”; their form, “locution”; and their effect on the listener, or “perlocution.” Berko-Gleason (2005) defined pragmatics as the linguistic domain concerned with the appropriate use of language across a variety of social contexts that provides for a listener's accurate interpretation of the speaker's intentions and references.

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Dr. H. N. Shilpashri
Lecturer
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore 570025
Karnataka State
India
shilpashrihn@gmail.com

Dr. Shyamala K. Chengappa
Professor in Language Pathology
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Manasagangothri
Mysore – 570 006
Karnataka State
India
shyamalakc@yahoo.com

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