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Bradley, Ben S. – Human Development, 1994
Notes that Charles Darwin's observations on babies are not examples of data collected to test hypotheses. Draws from Bakhtin to argue that they extend and vary existing modes of discourse, primarily debates about the place of instinct in language acquisition, traceable to his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Concludes that the significance of Darwin's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior