Young Children Create Partner-Specific Referential Pacts with Peers

Autor/inn/en	Köymen, Bahar; Schmerse, Daniel; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	Young Children Create Partner-Specific Referential Pacts with Peers
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 10, S.2334-2342 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0037837
Schlagwörter	Peer Relationship; Young Children; Age Differences; Language Usage; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Communication; Interaction; Kindergarten; Pictorial Stimuli; Visual Stimuli; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sprachgebrauch; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interaktion; Fantasieanregung; Deutschland
Abstract	In 2 studies, we investigated how peers establish a "referential pact" to call something, for example, a "cushion" versus a "pillow" (both equally felicitous). In Study 1, pairs of 4-and 6-year-old German-speaking peers established a referential pact for an artifact, for example, a "woman's shoe," in a referential communication task. Six-year-olds, but not 4-year-olds, continued to use these same expressions with the same partner (even when they were overinformative) but shifted to simpler expressions, for example, "shoe," with a new partner. In Study 2, both age groups were successful in establishing such partner-specific referential pacts with a peer when using a proper name. These results suggest that even preschool children appreciate something of the conventional nature of linguistic expressions, with significant flexibility emerging between ages 4 and 6. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01