pragmatic bootstrapping

[isa barriere]

Hi,

It is not very recent but there is the study below by PM Rollins and C.
Snow.

Yours,
Isabelle Barriere, PhD

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 Shared attention and grammatical development in typical children and
children with autism
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  *PAMELA ROSENTHAL ROLLINS
a1c1<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=36925#c1>
* *and* *CATHERINE E. SNOW a2*
a1<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/?sessionId=CF54429A3A3B731A855504D2FD2C3885.tomcat1>University
of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders
a2<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/?sessionId=CF54429A3A3B731A855504D2FD2C3885.tomcat1>Harvard
Graduate School of Education

 Abstract

The two studies presented here explore the relationship between children's
pragmatic skills and their growth in grammar. In study 1, thirty normally
developing children were videotaped interacting with their parents at 1;2
and again at 2;7. Using correlational and regression techniques, we found
that pragmatic accomplishments of MUTUAL ATTENTION, as well as mother's
conversational style, explained 45% of the variance in grammar at 2;7. The
second study investigated pragmatic–grammatical relationships with data from
6 high-functioning children with autism. To control for individual variation
in skill level at the start of the study, within-individual growth rates for
grammar were estimated as our outcome. The results substantiated those of
study 1, in that pragmatic accomplishments within mutual attention predicted
the per month growth rate in grammar. We interpret these findings as
consistent with the position that the infant's social-pragmatic skills
contribute to the acquisition of grammar.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Anat Ninio
<msninio at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il>wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Sorry to have sent this to the whole list by mistake, but actually I'd love
> to hear from anybody who knows of studies that can be said to test the
> hypothesis that children learn syntax by "pragmatic bootstrapping".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anat Ninio
>
>
> On 17-03-11 06:01, Anat Ninio wrote:
>
> Hi Nameera,
>
> Thanks a lot!  Absolutely coincidentally this very minute I'm reading your
> 2008 (or is it 2009?) encyclopedia entry
>
> Akhtar, N., & Herold, K. (2008). Pragmatic development. In M. M. Haith & J.
> B. Benson (Eds.), *Encyclopedia of infant and early childhood development,
> * Vol. *2* (pp. 572-581). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
> which I want to cite for a research proposal for an European grant. First,
> is it 2008 or 2009? Second, you say
>
> "We know of no empirical research, however, that has directly addressed the
> question of whether children learn syntactic constructions in the same way
> as they learn words; that is,  through "pragmatic bootstrapping" or
> attention to speakers' intentions." (p.319)
> Would you still say so? Or is there some new study that you know of that I
> should mention? Any newer publication of yours on this point?
>
> Thanks a lot and see you in SRCD for sure,
>
> Anat
>
>
> On 17-03-11 05:14, nameera akhtar wrote:
>
> congratulations, anat!
>
> hope to see you at srcd,
>
> nameera
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Anat Ninio <msninio at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
> > wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>>
>> I'm very happy to be able to announce the publication of my new book by
>> Oxford University Press.  It is entitled   "Syntactic development, its
>> input and output" and a description of it, as well as a link to the
>> Introduction, can be found on the publisher's on-line catalogue at
>> http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199565962.do
>>
>> I hope you'll like it!
>>
>> Anat Ninio
>>
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