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| intent to gain information, request permission, or provide information |
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| eye contact with communicative partner; used to signal intensified attention |
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| Shared action sequences of caregiver and child, oftenin the form of daily routines. It provides a basis for many scripts. |
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| scaffolding or predictable structure of an event that provides slots for participation and aids language comprehension |
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| vocal interactions betweens mothers and infants that resemble verbal exchanges of more mature conversations |
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| Illocutionary stage of communicative intent |
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| baby is beginning to use behaviors like gestures, eye contact, and vocalizations to signal communicative intent |
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| infants smile in response to an external social stimulus |
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| process of breaking speech stream into analyzable units by detecting end points or divisions through use of intonational cues |
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| process of breaking up speech stream into analyzable units based on predictability of syllables and phoneme structures |
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| Differentiation of one entity from many; noting the presence of a single object, action or event for ones communication partner |
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| Locutionary stage of communicative intent |
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| child begins to use words to signal communicative intent |
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| Perlocutionary stage of communicative intent |
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infants are not signaling any communication intent other than things like crying and non-specific use of face and body:
birth - 6 months |
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| two individuals sharing a focus on an entity |
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