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Showing papers by "Jerome S. Bruner published in 1978"


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TL;DR: In a longitudinal study of one mother-infant dyad, using video-recordings of their free play in a period between 0, 8 and 1; 6, it was found that the child's lexical labels were more adult-like substitutes for earlier communicative forms that he had utilized in the dialogue as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The achievement of labelling was investigated in a longitudinal study of one mother–infant dyad, using video-recordings of their free play in a period between 0; 8 and 1; 6. Analysis of joint picture-book reading revealed that this activity had very early on the structure of a dialogue. The child's lexical labels might be regarded as more adult-like substitutes for earlier communicative forms that he had utilized in the dialogue. These were smiling, reaching, pointing and babbling vocalizations, all of which were consistently interpreted by the mother as expressing the child's intention of requesting a label or providing one. Participating in a ritualized dialogue, rather than imitation, was found to be the major mechanism through which labelling was achieved.

1,040 citations


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TL;DR: Analysis of appearance and disappearance games revealed a restricted format with a limited number of semantic elements, and a highly constrained set of semantic relations; a clear repetitive structure, which allowed both for anticipation of the order of events and variation of the individual elements.
Abstract: The nature of early games and how they might assist the infant in language acquisition were explored in a longitudinal study of two mother–infant dyads, using video-recordings of their free play. Analysis of appearance and disappearance games, in particular, revealed: (1) a restricted format, with a limited number of semantic elements, and a highly constrained set of semantic relations; (2) a clear repetitive structure, which allowed both for anticipation of the order of events and variation of the individual elements; (3) positions for appropriate vocalizations which could in turn be used to mark variations; and (4) the development of reversible role relationships between mother and child.

314 citations



Book
01 Jan 1978

34 citations