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Development Of Comprehension Of Ironic Utterances In 3-To 9-Year-Old Finnish-Speaking Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva K. Leinonen
Development Of Comprehension Of Ironic Utterances In 3-To 9-Year-Old Finnish-Speaking Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva K. Leinonen
Eeva Leinonen
This study explores the comprehension of simple ironic utterances in 210 Finnish children aged from 3 to 9 years. If the child answered the question correctly, he/she was asked to explain correct answers. The results indicated that there was large individual variation within age groups both in answers and explanations. In terms of correct answers there was a significant difference between 6- and 7-year-olds and in correct explanations between age groups of 3-4, 6-7 and 7-8. Analysis of incorrect answers showed that literal interpretation of an utterance was the most common incorrect answer type in all age groups. Totally irrelevant …
Development Of Pragmatic Language Comprehension In Finnish-Speaking Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva Leinonen, Nuala Ryder
Development Of Pragmatic Language Comprehension In Finnish-Speaking Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva Leinonen, Nuala Ryder
Eeva Leinonen
This research explores the development of pragmatic comprehension within the framework of relevance theory. Participants were 210 typically developing Finnish children aged from 3 to 9 years. The children were asked questions targeting the pragmatic processes of reference assignment, enrichment and implicature, as proposed by relevance theory. Results indicate that increasing ability to use contextual information in comprehension is related to age. The largest increase in correct answers occurred between the ages of 3 and 4 years. Answering reference assignment questions was not problematic for any of the age groups. Answering enrichment and implicature questions reflected the children's increasing ability …
Development Of Answers And Explanations To Contextually Demanding Questions: A Study Of Three- To Nine-Year-Old Finnish Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva Leinonen, Nuala Ryder
Development Of Answers And Explanations To Contextually Demanding Questions: A Study Of Three- To Nine-Year-Old Finnish Children, Soile Loukusa, Eeva Leinonen, Nuala Ryder
Eeva Leinonen
This paper presents some findings about studies investigating how children's ability to answer pragmatically demanding questions and explain their correct answers develops between the ages of 3 and 9 years in Finnish children (Loukusa, 2007; Loukusa, Leinonen & Ryder, 2007; Loukusa, Ryder, & Leinonen, in press). In this paper we summarize the results concerning questions demanding processing of implicatures, routines and feelings. The results of these studies showed that the largest increase in answers to routine and implicature questions occurred between the ages of three and four. In feeling questions rapid development occurred between ages of three and five. After …