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Publication details [#9268]

Sugarman, Susan. 1984. The development of preverbal communication: Its contribution and limits in promoting the development of language. In Schiefelbusch, Richard L. and Joanne Pickar, eds. The acquisition of communicative competence. University Park Press. pp. 23–67.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

autistic language | context of L1-acquisition | pre-verbal interaction

Annotation

After discussing some conceptual and methodological issues in the study of preverbal communication, S. presents three studies: (i) on the development of person-object coordination in normal infants at home, (ii) on the development of person-object coordination in institutionalized infants, and (iii) on communicative development in an autistic child.