Volume 3, Number 1, 1996

Editorial.......1

Linda Thompson

The Development of Pragmatic Com petence: Past Findings and Future Directions for Research.......3

Alison Sealey

do You Think You Are?': Four Sociolinguistic Strategies in the of Self.......22

Janet Maybin

Story Voices: The Use of Reported Speech in 10-12-year-olds' Spontaneous Narratives.......36

Lynne Cameron

Discourse Context and the Development of Metaphor in Children.......49

Peter Millward

Children Constructing Dramatic Contexts.......65

Zazie Todd

Metaphor, Play and Drama: The Role of the Symbolic in the Development of Sociolinguistic Competence.......82

Amanda Hampshire

The Development of Sociolinguistic Strategies: Implications for Children with Speech and Language Impairments.......91

Debate.......95