The role of pointing in the immidiate and displaced references in early mother-child communication.

This study longitudinally explores how mothers and children use and combine pointing and verbal references to objects that are either present or absent in space. Over one year of observations and in five separate sessions, eight Spanish mothers and their 1- and 2-year-old babies were observed while...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Muñetón Ayala, Mercedes Amparo, Rodrigo, María José
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2013
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/121141
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/121141
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Adquisició del llenguatge
Llenguatge infantil
Desenvolupament infantil
Mares i fills
Language acquisition
Language in children
Child development
Mother and child
Descrição
Resumo:This study longitudinally explores how mothers and children use and combine pointing and verbal references to objects that are either present or absent in space. Over one year of observations and in five separate sessions, eight Spanish mothers and their 1- and 2-year-old babies were observed while performing daily routines at home. Overall, both mothers and children used the immediate reference more than the displaced reference. Children were less likely to pair pointing with speech in displaced situations than in present situations; instead, they seemed more likely to refer to absent objects using only speech. Mothers, while still are more likely to point in present situations rather than in displaced ones, did use pointing + speech combinations more often than their childreni in displaced situations. Overall, mother and child production of immediate and displaced references across ages were strongly correlated suggesting a new facet of 'motherese' for the early development of referential production.