Young children begin to engage in extended discourse (Akhtar & Herold, For example, they learn culturally specific rules of conversation and politeness, and they become sensitive to the need to adapt their speech to dif ferent settings. Their developing linguistic skills and increasing a to take the perspective of others contribute to their generation of more competent narratives. As children grow older, they become increasingly able to talk about things at are not here (Grandma's house, for example) and not tow (what happened to them yesterday or might happen tomorrow, for example). A preschool child can tell you what she wants for lunch tomorrow, something that would not have been possible at the two-word stage of language development. Around age 4 or 5, children learn to change their speech style to suit the situation. For example, even 4-year-old children speak to a 2-year-old differ- ently from the way they talk to a same-aged peer, they use shorter sentences wich che 2-year-old. They also speak to an adult differently from a same age peer, using more polite and formal language with the adult (Shatz & Gelman 1973).