title: Assessing the pragmatic abilities of children: Part 1. Organizational framework and assessment parameters.
abstract: This paper describes an organizational framework for the assessment of pragmatic abilities in children. The framework addresses the areas of communicative intention, presupposition, and the social organization of discourse. For each area, assessment parameters are presented in coordination with a review of pertinent literature.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007804:Language Development; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D012381:Role Playing; D013060:Speech