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Publication details [#7157]

Ochs, Elinor. 1979. Planned and unplanned discourse. In Givón, Talmy, ed. Syntax and semantics 12: Discourse and Syntax. Academic Press. pp. 51–80.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

first language acquisition | planned vs. unplanned speech

Annotation

O. suggests that speakers, when they have not planned the form of their discourse, rely more heavily on skills acquired in the first 3-4 years of life, whereas more planned language use relies on knowledge acquired or learned later in life.

Reprints

Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin. 1983. In Ochs, Elinor and Bambi B. Schieffelin, eds. Acquiring conversational competence. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 129–157.