Pragmatic Competence of Young Children: A Case Study of Thanking, Requesting, and Apologizing

Effective communication requires pragmatic competence. Such competence involves the correct use of conversational norms and extends beyond the literal meanings of words and sentences. This paper examined the pragmatic competence of elementary school children who spoke Persian as their native languag...

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Main Authors: Ali Darabi Bazvand, Alireza Khoram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2019-11-01
Series:Applied Linguistics Research Journal
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Online Access:https://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=alrj&un=ALRJ-47965