Lynne E Nield, Maya Dahan, Vitor Guerra, Sonila Mustafa, Nanette Okun, Lindsay Freud, Ra K Han, Roxanne Kirsch
Fetal Cardiology Bioethics: An Innovative New Curriculum for Cardiology Trainees
Pediatric cardiology
human communication requires impressive inferential abilities mindreading skills learn speak become competent communicators children need development pragmatic abilities presents us puzzle one hand much evidence suggests pragmatics play grounding role early communication language acquisition preschoolers find linguistic pragmatic inferences implicatures metaphor irony difficult grasp apperly butterfill 2009 maintain two separate systems belief reasoning simpler one sophisticated one develops later along line reasoning might also expect two separate kinds pragmatic abilities early set using among things simpler theory mind system sophisticated one appearing later childhood using fullblown theory mind argue need divide pragmatic abilities way bridge gap pragmatic inferential skills found toddlers difficulties observed preschoolers evidence past two decades indicates phenomena implicatures metaphor irony understood earlier previously established additionally childrens apparent struggle specific pragmatic inferences might better explained factors independent pragmatic competence interact