PSY315H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Jean Piaget, Communicative Competence, Egocentrism
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A type of pseudoconversation engaged in by preschool children. The children take turns speaking, but each speaker"s contribution to the conversation has little to do with the content of what other speakers are saying. communicative competence. The ability to use language appropriately in communicative interaction, distinct from linguistic competence, which is the ability to produce and understand well-formed, meaningful sentences. connected discourse. Stretches of speech or writing longer than a single sentence, including conversations and narratives. conversation. A stretch of talk that involves two or more people. egocentrism. Acharacteristic of preschool children, according to the developmental theory of jean. Piaget, that makes them unable to consider what a situation is like from the point of view of another person. The purpose or goal in the mind of the speaker. language play. Activities such as rhyming, using alliteration, and making puns that manipulate the sound of language. linguistic competence.
