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Intentionality is the Basis for the Social Foundations of Language Development
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Intentionality and Language Development ...
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The purpose of this paper is to argue for explicit reference in child language research to the states of mind that underlie expression. As a result of taking this Intentional stance we can more cogently (1) address the development of capacities that make such representations possible; (2) explain certain well-known phenomena in language development such as the transitions to using words and learning grammar; and (3) explore the developmental relation among different systems of expression such as between speech and affect. Expressions, whether through action, speech, or affect, are a license to attribute the representations that underlie them. Such attributions are basic in research with children learning language. Our goal is to highlight this practice, and, thereby, offer a theoretical framework for unifying the perspectives within which research in language development is ordinarily pursued. ...
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Child development; Children--Language; Developmental psychology; Language acquisition
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URL: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8KH0Z8N https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8kh0z8n
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