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Executive Functions and Sociocognitive Abilities in Natural Metalanguage: The Case of Reported Speech

Executive Functions and Sociocognitive Abilities in Natural Metalanguage: The Case of Reported Speech

David Navarro Ciurana
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799890751|ISBN10: 1799890759|EISBN13: 9781799890768
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9075-1.ch004
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Ciurana, David Navarro. "Executive Functions and Sociocognitive Abilities in Natural Metalanguage: The Case of Reported Speech." Handbook of Research on Neurocognitive Development of Executive Functions and Implications for Intervention, edited by Francisco Alcantud-Marín, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 79-100. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9075-1.ch004

APA

Ciurana, D. N. (2022). Executive Functions and Sociocognitive Abilities in Natural Metalanguage: The Case of Reported Speech. In F. Alcantud-Marín, M. López-Ramón, E. Navarro-Pardo, V. Moreno-Campos, & Y. Alonso-Esteban (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Neurocognitive Development of Executive Functions and Implications for Intervention (pp. 79-100). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9075-1.ch004

Chicago

Ciurana, David Navarro. "Executive Functions and Sociocognitive Abilities in Natural Metalanguage: The Case of Reported Speech." In Handbook of Research on Neurocognitive Development of Executive Functions and Implications for Intervention, edited by Francisco Alcantud-Marín, et al., 79-100. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9075-1.ch004

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Abstract

Reported speech is a natural metalinguistic skill, where the speaker uses language as both an object of thought and a vehicle of communication, with the aim of quoting alienated utterances. In this chapter, a constructivist approach is used to review the involvement of executive functions in the production and comprehension of this linguistic technique, with a special focus on its development in child language. The change of mental spaces involved in any reported speech clause requires a load on executive functions, as well as the involvement of other higher-order socio-cognitive skills to conjugate perspective conflicts.

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