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From prespeech to language: The influence of caregiver‐child interaction
Author(s) -
Ringler Norma M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198321)4:1<43::aid-imhj2280040106>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , joint attention , psychology , function (biology) , mode (computer interface) , human communication , joint (building) , communication , developmental psychology , nonverbal communication , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , human–computer interaction , biology , architectural engineering , evolutionary biology , autism , engineering
Communication is considered a function based on reciprocity and communicativeness with a human partner, the child's participation and capacity, and the adult's adaptiveness and interpreting enable differentiation of messages and meanings. Major precursors of pre‐speech communication acts of infants, as suggested by Bruner, are presented, taking into consideration caregiver's mode of interpreting the infant's communication intent, joint referential devices, and strategies for enlisting in joint activity.