Reference and Attitude in Infant Pointing

Autor/inn/en	Liszkowski, Ulf; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	Reference and Attitude in Infant Pointing
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 34 (2007) 1, S.1-20 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000906007689
Schlagwörter	Infants; Nonverbal Communication; Attitudes; Responses; Attention; Interpersonal Communication; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Aufmerksamkeit; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	We investigated two main components of infant declarative pointing, reference and attitude, in two experiments with a total of 106 preverbal infants at 1;0. When an experimenter (E) responded to the declarative pointing of these infants by attending to an incorrect referent (with positive attitude), infants repeated pointing within trials to redirect E's attention, showing an understanding of E's reference and active message repair. In contrast, when E identified infants' referent correctly but displayed a disinterested attitude, infants did not repeat pointing within trials and pointed overall in fewer trials, showing an understanding of E's unenthusiastic attitude about the referent. When E attended to infants' intended referent "and" shared interest in it, infants were most satisfied, showing no message repair within trials and pointing overall in more trials. These results suggest that by twelve months of age infant declarative pointing is a full communicative act aimed at sharing with others both attention to a referent and a specific attitude about that referent. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10