Games, Social Exchange and the Acquisition of Language.

Ratner, Nancy; Bruner, Jerome

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ERIC Number: EJ190689

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Publication Date: 1978

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Games, Social Exchange and the Acquisition of Language.

Ratner, Nancy; Bruner, Jerome

Journal of Child Language, v5 n3 p391-401 Oct 1978, Oct78

The nature of early games and how they might assist the infant in language acquisition were explored in a longitudinal study of two mother-infant dyads, using video-recordings of their free play. The analysis of appearance and disappearance games was particularly revealing. (EJS)

Descriptors: Child Language, Games, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Play, Psycholinguistics, Verbal Development

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Language: English

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