So many kids (and adults!) struggle with pragmatic language skills due to having autism or another learning disability. Not ...

Research in pragmatics and politeness explores how individuals manage social interactions through contextually sensitive language strategies. It interrogates the subtle interplay between speech acts ...

The Early Circles program at CU Boulder offers information and coaching to families with children with Down syndrome. During the summer of 2016, I participated in the Early Circles internship through ...

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN have shown delays and difficulties in pragmatic behaviors due to insufficient exposure to common daily discourse and underlying impoverishment in all components of ...

Through conversational interaction, students learn the grammatical and pragmatic conventions for conveying particular communicative intents. They also learn the metacognitive skills of reflecting on ...

Pragmatics consists of the use of language for a variety of communicative purposes, including requesting, advocating, telling stories, refusing, and making comments. Due to the intersectional nature ...