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| Saylor, Megan M. | 1 |
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Direct linkSaylor, Megan M.; Baldwin, Dare A. – Journal of Child Language, 2004
The ability to understand references to the absent enables conversation to move beyond the here-and-now to matters distant in both space and time. Such understanding requires appreciating the relation between language and communicative intent: one must recognize speakers' intentions to use language to converge on a shared conversational focus that…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Caregivers, Infants, Language Acquisition
