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- Title
Social attention need to equal social intention: From attention to attention in early word learning.
- Authors
Hirsch-Pasek, Kathy; Hennon, Elizabeth; Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Pence, Khara; Pulverman, Rachel; Sootsman, Jenny; Pruden, Shannon; Maguire, Mandy
- Abstract
Comments on some proposals made by Paul Bloom in his book 'How Children Learn the Meanings of Words' to support the thesis that social intention is foundational for language development. Argument that attention to social information in the environment implies social intent; Sensitivity of infants to social intent at the very beginning of word learning.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE acquisition; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; BLOOM, Paul; HOW Children Learn the Meanings of Words (Book)
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2001, Vol 24, Issue 6, p1108
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X01270137