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100 1 0 _aPérez Pereira, Miguel
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245 0 0 _aContrasting views on the pragmatic abilities of blind children
260 _c2014.
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520 _aTwo contrasting views on the pragmatic abilities of blind children are presented. According to the first, many blind children show autistic features, and as a consequence have formulaic speech and pragmatic difficulties. The second view deems that blind children do not show noticeable pragmatic difficulties. This perspective is akin to the functionalist usage-based theory of language acquisition. An example of the type of studies carried out by those defending the autistic-like view is outlined first, and the problems this research raises are commented on.Next, data on the presence of conversational breakdowns, use of pragmatic functions, and pragmatic comprehension abilities coming from my own research are presented. These data indicate that blind children do not show pragmatic difficulties. It is finally concluded that a functionalist perspective is needed to investigate the pragmatic linguistic abilities of blind children.
690 _alanguage acquisition
690 _apragmatic development
690 _apragmatic abilities
690 _ablind children
786 0 _nEnfance | o 1 | 1 | 2014-03-01 | p. 73-88 | 0013-7545
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-enfance2-2014-1-page-73?lang=en
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