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Peer reviewedBullowa, Margaret – Sign Language Studies, 1977
For the two children studied and in the situations observed and recorded, important conditions for the emergence of language in the ontogeny of communication appear to be: (1) interaction with caretaking adults, (2) shared focal attention, and (3) specificity of reference. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Acquisition
