Examples of Behaviours | Primitive Speech Act | PSAs Defined | Communicative Function | Communicative Functions Defined |
Shouts "Dada" from crib | Calling | Gaining another's attention | Interactional | Establishing interaction with others |
Says "Dada" as he enters the room | Greeting | Addressing persons when they appear | (Interactional) | |
Asserts "No!" to unwanted food | Protesting | Expressing dislike or rejection of times or actions | Personal | Expressing personal feelings or attitudes |
Points to dog and asks, "Doggy?" | Requesting answer | Asking for information with words, gestures, intonation | Heuristic | Inquiring about or exploring environment |
Raises arms and says, "Up, up, up!" | Requesting action | Asking for other's actions | Regulatory | Attempting to control other's actions |
Points to and says, "Cookie, peez." | (Requesting action) | | Instrumental | Attempting to obtain objects through others |
Points, says "Here!" when asked, "Where's your nose?" | Answering | Responding to other's questions | Informative | Demonstrating knowledge of world with others |
Touches nose and says, "Nose." | Labeling | Naming an object or event | (Informative) | |
Says "Go!" while pushing toy car | | | Imaginative | Using words to invent a play word |
Echoes mother's exclamation of "Oh, no!" | Repeating | Reproducing an utterance in part or entirely | | |
Says "No, no, no!" while alone in crib | Practicing | Produces words or prosodic pattern with no apparent audience | | |
See my comment on Sophie B's blog for marking. You must ensure that you are sharing ideas and then represneting them in your own ways.
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