Abstract

SEPULVEDA, Angélica  and  ALVAREZ-OTERO, Beatriz. The acquisition of expository uses of language. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.2, pp.45-59. ISSN 1692-7273.

Objective: This study offers a description of the kinds of linguistic aids offered by adults while giving explanations to young children about different issues. During the midst of these conversations children have several opportunities to learn, not only from objects and events, but also from the utterances used to refer to them, learning how realities are named after, and in many cases, how to participate in them. Methodology: Through the analysis of eleven minutes of inte-raction between young child and his maternal grandparents. Results: Adults offers young child different discursive ways for helping him to add information, organize and clarify the topic that he is talking about. Conclusions: The results allow to identify different ways that the adults use for helping young child to improve his explanations.

Keywords : language development; communicative interaction; expository texts.

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