Andreas Demetriou, Leonidas Kyriakides
The functional and developmental organization of cognitive developmental sequences
The British journal of educational psychology
language learned complex social settings listeners must reconstruct speakers intended meanings context navigate challenge children use pragmatic reasoning learn meaning unfamiliar words critical challenge pragmatic reasoning requires integrating multiple information sources typically studied separately study integration process first experimentally isolate two sources pragmatic information expectations informative communication common ground next use probabilistic model conversational reasoning formalize information sources combined process might develop use model generate quantitative predictions test new experimental data 3 5yearold children n 243 adults n 694 results show close alignment model predictions data furthermore model provided better explanation data compared simpler alternative models assuming participants selectively ignore one information source work integrates distinct sets findings regarding information sources early language learning suggests pragmatic reasoning models provide quantitative framework understanding developmental changes language learning psycinfo database record c 2022 apa rights reserved