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1. Introduction: An overview of research on pragmatic development (by Matthews, Danielle); 2. The communicative infant from 0-18 months: The social-cognitive foundations of pragmatic development (by Stephens, Gemma); 3. The development of speech acts (by Cameron-Faulkner, Thea); 4. Turn-taking (by Casillas, Marisa); 5. Conversation Analysis and pragmatic development (by Filipi, Anna); 6. Ontogenetic Constraints on Grice's Theory of Communication (by Moore, Richard); 7. Two Pragmatic Principles in Language Use and Acquisition (by Clark, Eve V.); 8. Learning conventions and conventionality through conversation (by Callanan, Maureen A.); 9. The pragmatics of word learning (by Grassmann, Susanne); 10. The production and comprehension of referring expressions (by Graf, Eileen); 11. Scalar Implicature (by Katsos, Napoleon); 12. Children's pragmatic use of prosodic prominence (by Ito, Kiwako); 13. The Pragmatic Development of Humor (by Hoicka, Elena); 14. The elevator's buttocks : Metaphorical abilities in children (by Pouscoulous, Nausicaa); 15. Irony production and comprehension (by Filippova, Eva); 16. Narrative Development across Cultural Contexts: Finding the Pragmatic in Parent-Child Reminiscing (by Carmiol, Ana M.); 17. Children's understanding of linguistic expressions of certainty and evidentiality (by Matsui, Tomoko); 18. Crosslinguistic and crosscultural approaches to pragmatic development (by Kuntay, Aylin C.); 19. Atypical pragmatic development (by Norbury, Courtenay Frazier); 20. Assessing pragmatic language functioning in young children: Its importance and challenges (by O'Neill, Daniela K.); 21. Developmental pragmatics: Interdisciplinary perspectives on complex learning in everyday practice (by Budwig, Nancy); 22. Index

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