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Games, social exchange and the acquisition of language
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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.
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- Authors
- Ratner, N., & Bruner, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Child Language
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1978-10
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 391-401
- ISSN
- 0305-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7602
- OpenAlex
- W2158286954
- Cited by
- 331
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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