Communicative Feedback in language acquisition

Children start to communicate and use language in social interactions from a very young age. This allows them experiment with their developing linguistic knowledge receive valuable feedback – often more knowledgeable interlocutors. While research acquisition has focused great deal on children's ability learn the input or cues, little work, comparison, investigated nature role of Communicative Feedback, process that results children caregivers trying coordinate mutual understanding. In this we draw insights theories communicative coordination formalize mechanism for acquisition: We argue can improve conversation by leveraging explicit implicit signals communication success failure. new formalization provides common framework several lines child development have been pursued separately. Further, it points towards gaps literature that, believe, should be addressed future order achieve complete understanding within through interaction.