In a number of studies, the acquisition of restrictive relative clauses (RCs) shows contrasting findings regarding comprehension and production, with the former usually delayed up to the age of 5. As previously claimed in the literature, we suggest that this delay is a task artefact and we present a new Agent selection task for the assessment of restrictive RCs. Data from 3to 7-year-old Italian...

A growing body of developmental evidence suggests that the cognitive abilities enable expression and comprehension communicative intentions – so-called pragmatic which underlie language use understanding, develop early. However, a puzzling feature development is children's difficulties with non-literal uses (e.g., ‘I love you so much I could eat up!’). outline research program aims to provide i...

The necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. Rose & Kasper, 2001). Due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. Consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of deduc...

BACKGROUND Children with pragmatic language impairment (PLI) show impairments in the use of language in social contexts. Although the issue has been gaining attention in recent literature, not much is known about the developmental trajectories of children who experience pragmatic language problems. Since narrative competence is an important predictor of both academic and social success, evaluat...

This study aims to investigate the access and use of social networks by students majoring in English Studies with a high-quality program developing pragmatic competence. The quantitative research was carried out at Can Tho University (CTU), one most prestigious universities Mekong Delta, Vietnam. participants were 90 English-majored Department (courses 44 47) who studied Pragmatics. questionnai...