The onset of language:
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Main Author: Masataka, Nobuo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2003
Series:Cambridge studies in cognitive perceptual development
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-272) and index
Introduction -- The development of the ability to take turns -- Cooing in three-month-old infants -- The development of vocal imitation -- How infant-directed speech influences infant vocal development -- From laughter to babbling -- Earliest language development in sign language -- From babbling to speaking -- Summary and conclusion
This fascinating book outlines an approach to the development of expressive and communicative behaviour from early infancy to the onset of single word utterances. It offers exciting, new insights into the precursors of speech and will be of interest to researchers and students of psychology, linguistics and animal behaviour biology
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 281 pages)
ISBN:0511065930
0511068069
0511169701
0511489757
0521593964
9780511065934
9780511068065
9780511169700
9780511489754

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