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Papousek, Hanus; Papousek, Mechthild – 1986
Research suggests that intuitive parental didactics related to infants' production of vocal sounds, vocal imitation, and vocal play are a prerequisite of human language acquisition. Microanalyses of videorecords of parent-infant interactions have revealed intuitive forms of parental behaviors that parents carry out unknowingly and can hardly…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Language, Ethology, Evolution
