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Peer reviewedAcredolo, Linda; Goodwyn, Susan – Human Development, 1997
Suggests several factors to account for the onset of infant-adult joint attention initiated by the infant, and identifies several consequences of infants' understanding of others as intentional subjects, such as verbal development and infants' role in their own enculturation. Contends that infants learn referential gestures not only by imitation…
Descriptors: Attention, Body Language, Infants, Language Acquisition
