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Peer reviewedAxia, Giovanna; Baroni, Maria Rosa – Child Development, 1985
Capacity to react to the cost of a request in relation to interlocutor's behavior is acquired early; ability to maintain good interactions by increasing the politeness of a request occurs later. Only from 9 years on do children use linguistic politeness as a criterion in judging a request's appropriateness according to addressee's status. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Problems, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interpersonal Competence
