Interaction, conversation, and the development of language / edited by Michael Lewis and Leonard A. Rosenblum. - New York : Wiley, c1977. - xii, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Origins of behavior ; v. 5 .

"A Wiley-Interscience publication." Based on papers presented and discussed at a conference held under the auspices of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Introduction // Early discourse // Appropriate speech adjustments // The contingent query // Sensory templates, vocal perception and development // Language and language type communication // The regulation of exchange in the infant caretaker system // Prelinguistic conversations // Interaction and concept of development // Cognition and communication // Social behavior and language acquisition // From gesture to the first word // General Issues // The question of interns // Markovian communication rhythms // Author Index // Subject Index //

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Language acquisition.
Social interaction.
Conversation.

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