Routes to Child Language

Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors

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A remarkable case study based on a detailed comparison of non-human primates and human infants brings together key abilities that provide the foundation for language. This link makes the case for phylogenetic continuity across species and ontogenetic continuity from infancy to childhood. Examined here are the fundamental aspects of language acquisition, such as vocalizations, mapping of meaning on to sound, use of gestures to communicate and to symbolize, tool use, object concept and memory. This volume goes a step further to analyse the similarities and differences across species, and how these influence the evolution of language. The author provides evidence linking abilities associated with language acquisition and describes fascinating hypotheses about the origins of language.

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'Routes to Child Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors is a stunning achievement which surely represents a new paradigm in language acquisition studies. Demonstrating a remarkable breadth and depth of scope, Joanna Blake weaves a unique tapestry from research of nonhuman primate communication, spoken language development, gesture, symbolic play, object concept, tool use, and the study of memory. As we continue to explore the perennial questions of how language began and how children develop language, it will be richly multidisciplinary studies such as Blake's that will contribute the most to our understanding of the complex achievement that is human language.' Sherman Wilcox, University of New Mexico

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Preface	p. x
Prelinguistic Vocalizations	p. 1
Phylogenetic Origins of Human Infant Vocalizations	p. 2
Differences between the Nonhuman Primate and Human Vocal Tracts	p. 6
Ontogeny of Vocalizations in Human Infants over the First Year	p. 13
Development of Vocalization in Human Infants during the Transition to Language	p. 20
Phonetic Preferences	p. 20
Features of Babbling	p. 30
Prelinguistic Vocalizations and First Words	p. 32
Prelinguistic Vocalizations and Later Language	p. 34
Environmental Influences on Babbling	p. 35
Conclusions	p. 40
Sound-Meaning Correspondences	p. 42
The Functional Meaning of Nonhuman Primate Calls	p. 43
Spontaneous Calls of the Great Apes	p. 43
Playback Experiments	p. 48
Phonetically Consistent Forms in Prelinguistic Infants	p. 51
Review of Observational Studies	p. 52
Prosodic Aspects of Sound-Meaning Correspondences	p. 56
Our Research on Sound-Meaning Correspondences	p. 57
Conclusions	p. 76
Communicative Gestures	p. 78
What Is a Gesture?	p. 78
Phylogenetic Origins of Communicative Gestures	p. 82
Ontogeny of Gestures in Human Infants before 9 Months	p. 92
Gestural Development from 9 Months: Order of Onset	p. 95
Onset of Coordination of Gesture with Vocalization and Gaze	p. 97
Change in the Gestural Repertoire from 9 to 15 Months and in Coordination with Vocalization and Gaze	p. 102
Interrelationships among Gestures	p. 105
Environmental Influences on the Gestural Repertoire	p. 106
Relation of Gestures to Early Vocabulary and Later Language Acquisition	p. 107
Conclusions	p. 109
Symbolic Gestures and Symbolic Play	p. 111
Theoretical Background	p. 112
Symbolic Gestures in Nonhuman Primates	p. 114
Symbolic Gestures in Human Infants	p. 120
Our Observations of Symbolic Gestures	p. 123
Symbolic Play	p. 126
Our Research on Symbolic Play	p. 134
Conclusions	p. 139
Tool Use and Object Concept	p. 140
Tool Use in Wild Apes	p. 144
Tool Use in Captive and Ex-captive Apes and Monkeys	p. 148
Circular Reactions	p. 153
Conclusions	p. 154
Object Concept in Apes and Monkeys	p. 155
Conclusions	p. 158
Early Findings in Favor of a Relationship between Tool Use and Communication in Human Infants	p. 158
Methodological Problems in Means-Ends and Object Permanence Tasks	p. 160
Results Relating Object Permanence Tasks to More Specific Aspects of Language Acquisition	p. 162
The Specificity Hypothesis	p. 163
Our Research Relating Piagetian Tasks to Communication	p. 165
Object Constructions	p. 166
Conclusions	p. 169
Representation in Human Infants	p. 171
Evidence from Preferential-Looking Paradigms	p. 171
Evidence from Delayed-Imitation Paradigms	p. 176
Evidence from Reaching Paradigms	p. 180
Theories about the Development of Representation	p. 180
Conclusions	p. 183
Memory in Nonhuman Primates and Young Children	p. 186
Memory in Monkeys and Apes	p. 186
Spatial Memory	p. 187
Sequential Memory	p. 190
Delayed Imitation	p. 193
Memory and Language Acquisition in Children	p. 196
Our Research on Memory and Language	p. 202
Conclusions	p. 212
Origins of Language	p. 213
Brain-Body Ratio and Brain Structure	p. 213
Gestures	p. 215
Mimetic to Mythic Culture	p. 218
Information Donation	p. 219
Symbolic Reference	p. 221
The "Hopeful Monster" Theory	p. 223
Conclusions	p. 226
Recapitulation	p. 228
References	p. 233
Index	p. 261
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