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Language-at all times

Action and interaction as contexts for enriching representations

 | Bielefeld University, Germany | Paderborn University, Germany
 | Bielefeld University, Germany
 | Bielefeld University, Germany
 | Paderborn University, Germany
Published online: 7 October 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/is.17.1.06nom
Abstract
This article discusses the importance of social interaction for the development of the representations for symbolic communication. We suggest that there is no need to distinguish between different representational systems emerging at different stages of development. Instead, we propose that representations are rich right from the beginning of a child’s life, and that they are driven mainly by acting and interacting in the physical and social world. The more variety in a child’s interactional experience (i.e., synchrony, sequentiality, and prediction), the more enriched and abstracted the representations become. We review literature providing evidence for the ways in which infants’ development toward symbolic communication benefits from repeated social (inter)action and consider some implications for computational approaches.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Current views on cognitive development
  • 3.Nature of early representations
  • 4.What do we miss in language acquisition models?
  • 5.Toward rich representations: linking embodiment and social interaction
    • 5.1Intermodal synchrony: Embodiment
    • 5.2Interpersonal synchrony and alignment: Mirroring and contingency
    • 5.3Establishing rules of exchange: Conventionalized sequential organization
    • 5.4Predictability as an underlying mechanism
  • 6.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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