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Greenfield, Patricia Marks – 1979
This paper discusses the role of attention to uncertainty in mediating the transition from sensorimotor activity to language. It is proposed that language from the very beginning is used to resolve uncertainty by selectively marking points of change, deviation from the familiar or choice from among alternatives. Several research findings are…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Child Language, Children
