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There are, indeed, many faces to verbal imitation. In this book we get a glimpse of how many: Imitation can be used to show agreement, to encourage speaking, to taunt, to question, to show the speech partner one hasn’t understood, to promote emotional bonds between toddler and mother, to retain topic cohesiveness, and more. One cannot but wonder why so many different possible functions should be expressed through one type of behavioral act. Given this myriad of functions, we must be as clear and precise as possible about the functions) of imitation we are studying and the processes by which imitation is thought to bring about its effects. At the same time, we must be aware that the specific imitative acts we are studying for one function may have other, equally valid functions.
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Speidel, G.E., Herreshoff, M.J. (1989). Imitation and the Construction of Long Utterances. In: Speidel, G.E., Nelson, K.E. (eds) The Many Faces of Imitation in Language Learning. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 24. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1011-5_8
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