ABSTRACT
摘要
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1．1 Rationale of the Research
1．2 Problems in the Existing Studies
1．3 Objectives of the Present Study
1．4 Methodology or Data Collection
1．5 Significance of the Research
1．6 Outline of the Thesis
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Pragmatic Competence
2．2．1 Definition of pragmatic competence
2．2．2 Studies from the perspective of linguistics
2．2．3 Studies from the perspective of psychology and pedagogy
2．3 Children’s Language
2．3．1 Studies from the macroscopic viewpoint
2．3．2 Studies from the micmscopic viewpoint
2．4 Summary
CHAPTER 3 A DESCRIPTION OF THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
3．3 Piaget’s Language Development Theory
3．4 Summary
CHAPTER 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN’S PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Unconscious Violation of the Cooperation Principle
4．2．1 Violation of Quantity Maxim
4．2．2 Violation of Quality Maxim
4．2．3 Violation of Relation Maxim
4．2．4 Violation of Manner Maxim
4．3 Unconscious Violation of the Politeness Principle
4．4 Poor Comprehension of Conversational Implicatures
4．5 A Tendency to Shift Topics
4．6 A Preliminary Attempt to Apply Some Strategies
4．7 Summary
CHAPTER 5 POSSIBLE REASONS FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN’S PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Lacking in Cognitive Ability
5．3 Egocentrism
5．4 Lacking in Social Cultural Knowledge
5．5 Summary
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION
6．1 Introduction
6．2 Findings of the Research
6．3 Limitations of the Research
6．4 Suggestions for Further Studies
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