The Structure of Face-to-Face Interaction and Its Developmental Functions.

Tronick, Edward; And Others

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Structure of Face-to-Face Interaction and Its Developmental Functions

Tronick, Edward; And Others

Sign Language Studies, 18, 1-16, Spr 78

Face-to-face communication makes up only a small proportion of an infant's diurnal transactions with his environment, but it is viewed as crucial to his total development. Research was conducted in which adult and infant behaviors were videotaped, and their interactions were analyzed. (Author/HP)

Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Child Language, Interaction, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication, Paralinguistics, Parent Child Relationship, Psycholinguistics, Verbal Development

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