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Three lines in the emergence of prelinguistic communication and social cognition

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Liszkowski,  Ulf
Communication Before Language, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Radboud University Nijmegen, NL;

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Liszkowski, U. (2011). Three lines in the emergence of prelinguistic communication and social cognition. Journal of cognitive education and psychology, 10(1), 32-43. doi:10.1891/1945-8959.10.1.32.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-BBE1-5
Abstract
Sociocultural theories of development posit that higher cognitive functions emerge through socially mediated processes, in particular through language. However, theories of human communication posit that language itself is based on higher social cognitive skills and cooperative motivations. Prelinguistic communication is a test case to this puzzle. In the current review, I first present recent and new findings of a research program on prelinguistic infants’ ommunication skills. This research provides empirical evidence for a rich social cognitive and motivational basis of human communication before language. Next, I discuss the emergence of these foundational skills. By considering all three lines of development, and by drawing on new findings from phylogenetic and cross-cultural comparisons, this article discusses the possibility that the cognitive foundations of prelinguistic communication are, in turn, mediated by social interactional input and shared experiences.