Precursors of Early Speech: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, September 19–22, 1984

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opening Remarks....Pages 3-5
Keynote Address: From Communication as Language to Language as Communication....Pages 7-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Metaphonology and Infant Vocalizations....Pages 21-35
Early Stages in the Development of Speech Movements....Pages 37-50
On the Phonetics of Infant Vocalization....Pages 51-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Cry Analysis in Clinical Neonatal Diagnosis....Pages 67-77
Predicting Phonological Development....Pages 79-93
Individual Differences in Babbling and Early Speech: Predicting to Age Three....Pages 95-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Acoustic Investigations of Cross-linguistic Variability in Babbling....Pages 113-126
Transitional Phenomena Revisited: Insights into the Nominal Insight....Pages 127-142
The Linguistic Significance of Babbling....Pages 143-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Onset of Babbling Related to Gross Motor Development....Pages 163-173
The Early Development of the Manual System....Pages 175-188
Bimanual Coordination and the Beginnings of Speech....Pages 189-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Development of the Speech Perceptuomotor System....Pages 205-217
Infants’ Perception of Speech: Constraints on Characterizations of the Initial State....Pages 219-244
Imitation, Intermodal Representation, and the Origins of Mind....Pages 245-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
The Function of Vocalization in Early Parent—Blind Child Interaction....Pages 269-277
Signs of Motivation for Speech in Infants, and the Nature of a Mother’s Support for Development of Language....Pages 279-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-314