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In our studies of communication and play between infants and their mothers we have described signs of developing motives in the infant for cooperation with the mother. These motives lead mother and infant to share emotional states, exploratory orientations and experiences, and finally, the using of objects as instruments for particular purposes (Trevarthen, 1974a, b, 1977, 1979a, b, 1982, 1983a; Trevarthen and Hubley, 1978). We have not been directly studying the vocalizations that develop into speech in any detail, and not trying to resolve issues in the theory of language.
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Trevarthen, C., Marwick, H. (1986). Signs of Motivation for Speech in Infants, and the Nature of a Mother’s Support for Development of Language. In: Lindblom, B., Zetterström, R. (eds) Precursors of Early Speech. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08023-6_19
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