Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. List of Contributors xvii
6. Introduction
7. Chapter 1. A dialogical approach to the acquisition and usage of referring expressions 1
8. Part I. Reference and grammar
9. Chapter 2. Filler syllables as precursors of referring expressions 41
10. Chapter 3. Young children’s uses of referring expressions 81
11. Chapter 4. Referring in dialogical narratives 115
12. Chapter 5. Referring expressions and developmental language disorders 141
13. Chapter 6. Explorations in the relations between reference, syntactic constructions and prosody 163
14. Part II. The role of communicative experience
15. Chapter 7. The influence of dialogue in young children’s uses of referring expressions 203
16. Chapter 8. Variations in adult use of referring expressions during storytelling in different interactional settings 233
17. Chapter 9. Activities and social settings: Their roles in the use of referring expressions 261
18. Chapter 10. The impact of speech genres on the use of referring expressions 287
19. Conclusion
20. Chapter 11. The acquisition of referring expressions: From formal factors to communicative experience 319
21. Appendix I. Corpora 347
22. Appendix II. Transcription conventions 361
23. Appendix III. A. Summary of “Ah les belles vacances des petits cochons” 363
24. Appendix III. B. Summary of “Le voleur de poule” 365
25. Index 367