A New Look at Infant Pointing

Autor/inn/en	Tomasello, Michael; Carpenter, Malinda; Liszkowski, Ulf
Titel	A New Look at Infant Pointing
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 3, S.705-722 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01025.x
Schlagwörter	Infants; Nonverbal Communication; Cooperation; Sharing Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Co-operation; Kooperation
Abstract	The current article proposes a new theory of infant pointing involving multiple layers of intentionality and shared intentionality. In the context of this theory, evidence is presented for a rich interpretation of prelinguistic communication, that is, one that posits that when 12-month-old infants point for an adult they are in some sense trying to influence her mental states. Moreover, evidence is also presented for a deeply social view in which infant pointing is best understood--on many levels and in many ways--as depending on uniquely human skills and motivations for cooperation and shared intentionality (e.g., joint intentions and attention with others). Children's early linguistic skills are built on this already existing platform of prelinguistic communication. (Contains 2 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10