Cover not available

Article published In: Pragmatics
Vol. 5:1 (1995) ► pp.33–44

Get fulltext from our e-platform
JBE logo with link
PDF logo with download linkDownload PDF

The process of children’s ability to ask questions from an interactive perspective

Open Access logo
Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 license.
Published online: 1 March 1995
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.5.1.01sol
References (30)
Bloom, L. (1970) Language development: Form and function in emerging grammars. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. (1973) One word at a time: The use of single-word utterances before syntax. The Hague: Mouton.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Brown, R. (1968) “Developmental of wh-questions in child speech.” Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 7.279-90.
Cairns, H.S. & J.R. Hsu (1978) “Who, why, when and how: A developmental study.” Journal of Child Language 5.477-48.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Corsaro, W.A. (1977) “The clarification requests as a feature of adult interactive styles with young children.” Language in Society 6.183-207.
Erreich, A. (1984) “Learning how to ask: Patterns of inversion in yes-no and wh-questions.” Journal of Child Language 579-592. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Ervin-Tripp, S. & D. Gordon (1980) “The development of requests.” In R. Schiefelbusch (ed.), Language competence: Assesement and intervention. New York: College-Hill Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Folger, J.P. & R.S. Chapman (1978) “A pragmatic analysis of spontaneous imitations.” Journal of Child Language 5.25-38.
Gallagher, T. (1981) “Contingent query sequences within adult-child discourse.” Journal of Child Language 8.51-62.
Garvey, C. (1975) “Requests and responses in children’s speech” Journal of Child Language 2.41-63.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hekken, Suus van, M. Dent & H. Cathy (1982) “More questions than answers: A study of question-answer sequences in a naturalistic setting.” Journal of Child Language 9.445-460.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Holzman, M. (1972) “The use of interrogative forms in the verbal interaction of three mothers and their children.” Journal of Psycholinguistics Research 1.311-37.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hood, L. & L. Bloom (1979) “What, when and how about why: A longitudinal study of early expressions of causality.” Monographs Soc.Res.Ch.Devel 181.1-40.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Johnson, E.E. (1980) “Contingent queries: The first chapter.” In H. Giles, W. Robinson & P. Smith (eds.), Language: Social psychological perspectives. Oxford: Pergamon Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
James, S.I. & M.A. Seaback (1982) “The pragmatic function of children’s questions. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 5.2-12.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Kearsley, G.P. (1976) “Questions and question asking in verbal discourse: A cross-disciplinary review.” Journal of Psycholinguistics Res 5.355-375.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Malrieu, Ph. & M. Laurenties (1966) “Questions et pensée chez le jeune enfant.” Bulletin de Psychologie 457-474.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Meyer, W.J. & J. Shane (1973) “The form and function of children’s questions.” Journal of Genetic Psychology 123.285-296.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Mischler, E.H. (1975) “Studies in dialogue and discourse. II. Types of discourse initiated by and sustained through questioning.” Journal of Psycholinguics Res 4.99-121.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Olsen-Fulero, L. & J. Conforti (1983) “Child responsiveness to mother questions of varying type and presentation.” Journal of Child Language 10.495-520.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Piaget, J. (1968) La formation du symbole chez l’enfant. Neuchâtel: Délachaux et Niestlé.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Przetacznik-Gierowska, M. & M. Ligeza (1990) “Cognitive and interpersonal functions of children’s questions.” In G. Conti-Ramsden & CE. Snow (eds.), Children’s language 7.69-101. Hillsdale: Erlbaum Associates.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Savic, S. (1975) “Aspects of adult-child communication: The problem of question acquisition.” Journal of Child Language 2.231-260.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. (1978) “Algunas funciones de las preguntas hechas por los adultos a los ninos pequenos.” In Pablo del Rio (ed.), Symposium de la Asociación de Psicologîa Cientifica Francesa La genesis del lenguaje. Madrid, 173-182.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Shatz, M. (1979) “How to do things by asking: Form-function pairings in mothers questions and their relations to children’s responses.” Child Development 4.201-213  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Snow, C.(1972) “Mothers’speech to children learning.” Child Development 43.549-565.
. (1986) “Conversations with children.” In P. Fletcher & M. Garman (eds.), Language acquisition 69-89. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Tyack, D. & D. Ingram “Children’s production and the comprehension of questions.” Journal of Child Language 4.211-224.
Trang-Thong, K. Barbot & M. Bridier “La actitud interrogadora en el nino.” Infancia y Aprendizaje 69-81.
Vaidyanathan, R. (1988) “Development of forms and functions of interrogatives in children: A longitudinal study in Tamil.” Journal of Child language 151:3.533-549. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cited by (2)

Cited by two other publications

Safont-Jordà, Maria-Pilar
2011. Early requestive development in consecutive third language learning. International Journal of Multilingualism 8:3 ► pp. 256 ff. DOI logo
Serrat, Elisabet & Montserrat Capdevila
2001. La adquisición de la interrogación: las interrogativas parciales en catalán y castellano. Infancia y Aprendizaje 24:1 ► pp. 3 ff. DOI logo

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 30 november 2025. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue