can anyone tell me the exact wording of this quotation ?

[Judith VanderWoude]

Anne,

The quote is from Dell Hymes.  He is referring to communicative competence. 

The quote is as follows:

We have to account for the fact that a normal child acquires knowledge of sentences, not only as grammatical, but also as appropriate. He or she acquires competence as when to speak, when not, and what to talk about with whom, when, where, in what manner. (p. 277) 

I belive the source is:  Hymes, D. (1972) On communicative competence. In J. J. Gumperz & D. Hymes (Eds.) Sociolinguistics (pp. 269-293). Hammondsworth, England: Penguin.

Judy

>>> <AmeDunbar at aol.com> - 9/17/99 5:30 PM >>>
dear All,
The quotation I have is a French translation and I need to have it in English 
for a paper I`m presenting. Does anyone have the original wording of :

"the child acquires a competence which indicates to him when to speak, when 
not to speak, and also of what to speak, with whom, at which time, where, how"

(In French it was like this : «l'enfant acquiert une compéténce qui lui 
indique quand parler, quand ne pas parler, et aussi de quoi parler, avec qui, 
à quel moment, où, de quelle manière.» )

thanks for your help
Harriet Dunbar.