Human Growth and Development / Unit 18 HGD 2568 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pragmatics Across Childhood
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The idea
Pragmatics grows from turn-taking in preschool, entry 0638, to the hidden rules of school-age talk, entry 0967, to code-switching as identity work in adolescence, entry 1376.
In practice
A teen speaking one way with family, another at school, and a third at a job interview.
Where people slip
Code-switching signals competence in both varieties, not confusion, entry 0968 adds.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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