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CONTENTS
Preface = xi
Acknowledgments = xiii
Ⅰ. Why Pragmatics? = 1
 Definitions of Linguistic Terms = 8
 Pragmatics and Artificial Intelligence = 29
 Predictions = 34
PART ONE : PRAGMATICS IN THE SENSORIMOTOR PERIOD = 43
 Ⅱ. Sensorimotor Performatives / ELIZABETH BATES ; LUIGIA CAMAIONI ; VIRGINIA VOLTERRA = 49
  The Imperative = 51
  The Declarative = 57
  Sensorimotor Performatives and Formal Analysis = 63
  Conclusion = 69
 Ⅲ. The Development of Propositions in Performative Frames = 72
 Ⅳ. Presupposing as a Sensorimotor Procedure = 96
PART TWO : PRAGMATICS IN THE PREOPERATIONAL PERIOD = 113
 Ⅴ. The Explicit Encoding of Performatives = 121
  Results = 125
  Discussion = 150
 Ⅵ. Word Order and the Mastery of Presuppositions = 159
  On Defining Topic and Comment = 161
  Previous Approaches to Word Order and Topicalization in Child Language = 177
  How Word Order Works in Italian = 181
  Longitudinal Evidence = 185
  Some Pilot Experiments on Word Order and Topicalization in Child Language = 200
  Summary = 208
PART THREE : PRAGMATICS IN THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL PERIOD = 213
 Ⅶ. Counterfactual Conditionals = 217
  How Conditionals Work = 218
  Longitudinal Results = 225
  Experimental Evidence = 232
  Summary and Discussion = 247
 Ⅷ. Acquisition of Polite Forms:Longitudinal Evidence = 255
  Explicit Imperatives = 257
  Implicit or Polite Imperatives and Other Mixed Forms = 267
  Summary and Discussion = 283
 Ⅸ. Acquisition of Polite Forms:Experimental Evidence = 295
  Method = 296
  Results = 299
  Summary and Discussion = 314
 Ⅹ. Conclusion = 327
  Summary = 327
  Pragmatics and Cognition:Suggestions for Future Research = 333
  On Pragmatics and Linguistic Representation = 347
  A Final Comment = 353
References = 355
Author Index = 367
Subject Index = 371