Sensitivity to conversational maxims in deaf and hearing children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 929-943

  Surian, Luca ^a   Tedoldi, Mariantonia ^b   Siegal, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78649914545     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000909990043     Document Type: Article

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