The role of perceived variability in the transition to language
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Child Language
- Vol. 9 (1) , 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900003561
Abstract
This article will treat attention to variability as a perceptual structure which mediates the transition from sensorimotor activity to language. The guiding idea is that the attentional system is geared to variability from the very beginning of life and that a speaker's language use is coordinated with this system as it emerges.Keywords
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