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  The type of shared activity shapes caregiver and infant communication

Puccini, D., Hassemer, M., Salomo, D., & Liszkowski, U. (2010). The type of shared activity shapes caregiver and infant communication. Gesture, 10(2/3), 279-297. doi:10.1075/gest.10.2-3.08puc.

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Puccini, Daniel1, 2, Author           
Hassemer, Mireille, Author
Salomo, Dorothé1, 2, Author           
Liszkowski, Ulf1, 2, Author           
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1Communication Before Language, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55208              
2Radboud University Nijmegen, NL, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: For the beginning language learner, communicative input is not based on linguistic codes alone. This study investigated two extralinguistic factors which are important for infants’ language development: the type of ongoing shared activity and non-verbal, deictic gestures. The natural interactions of 39 caregivers and their 12-month-old infants were recorded in two semi-natural contexts: a free play situation based on action and manipulation of objects, and a situation based on regard of objects, broadly analogous to an exhibit. Results show that the type of shared activity structures both caregivers’ language usage and caregivers’ and infants’ gesture usage. Further, there is a specific pattern with regard to how caregivers integrate speech with particular deictic gesture types. The findings demonstrate a pervasive influence of shared activities on human communication, even before language has emerged. The type of shared activity and caregivers’ systematic integration of specific forms of deictic gestures with language provide infants with a multimodal scaffold for a usage-based acquisition of language.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 201020102010
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1075/gest.10.2-3.08puc
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Title: Gesture
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub.
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 10 (2/3) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 279 - 297 Identifier: Other: 111022271880032
ISSN: 1568-1475
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111022271880032