From Communication to Language--A Psychological Perspective.

Bruner, J. S.

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Publication Date: 1974

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From Communication to Language--A Psychological Perspective

Bruner, J. S.

Cognition, 3, 3, 255-87, 74/75

Comments on some of the persistent problems that are encountered in the study of the transition from prespeech communication to early language. Topics are: 1) inference of communicative intent, 2) nature of early reference, 3) use of language in the regulation of joint action, and 4) the precursors of predication. (RC)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Infants, Language Acquisition

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