TY - BOOK ID - 77938973 TI - Language in interaction AU - Arnon, Inbal AU - Casillas, Marisa AU - Kurumada, Chigusa AU - Estigarribia, Bruno AU - Clark, Eve V PY - 2014 SN - 9027269254 9789027269256 1306977592 9781306977593 9789027244017 9027244014 PB - Amsterdam Philadelphia DB - UniCat KW - Language acquisition. KW - Intercultural communication KW - Interpersonal communication KW - Psycholinguistics. KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Cross-cultural communication KW - Communication KW - Culture KW - Cross-cultural orientation KW - Cultural competence KW - Multilingual communication KW - Technical assistance KW - Language, Psychology of KW - Psychology of language KW - Speech KW - Linguistics KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Acquisition KW - Anthropological aspects KW - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77938973 AB - It is generally assumed that adults learn how to talk with children in a special style called child-directed speech. But this cannot be the whole story. Each child's ability to speak and understand is a moving target, changing yearly, weekly, even daily. How could adults adapt to these changes? Evidence shows that in conversation both adults and children try to establish, as they go along, the mutual belief that they have understood each other well enough for current purposes. It is this process, called grounding, that allows adults to infer the child's current abilities and to adapt their spe ER -