Uses experimental evidence to define three stages in infants' pre-speech development: perlocutionary, illocutionary, and locutionary. (ED)

Investigates preschool children's behavioral responses to linguistic cues regarding ownership of objects, examining the effects of such cues on children's physical or verbal attempts to take an object in another's possession, and on verbalization of claims of ownership. (RH)

Portions of this paper were read as part of a symposium on The Meaning of Smiling and Vocalizing in Infancy'' at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, September, 1970. (Editor)

An observational study of the discourse of making amends was undertaken to produce a performance grammar accounting for the sequence of moves in this domain of social interaction. Findings are discussed in light of strengths and limitations of the grammar for describing discourse. (Author/RH)

Examined communicative intents of parents interacting with their children between 14 and 32 months of age. Found that as children's age increased, the set of communicative intents used by parents grew in size and sophistication, parents' use of directive intents declined, and use of child-centered acts increased. Common parental intents were rare…

Based upon a paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, 1970. (Editor)

In a study of relative priorities for interaction in groups containing adults and children, 570 family groups in public settings were observed for 10-second time periods. There was far more adult/child touching than adult/adult touching. Adults tended to talk more than children and talking was reciprocated at higher rates in adult/adult dyads than…

Examines imitative interchanges of 18 mothers and their 10-to 14-month-old infants during two natural situations, bath time and free play. Infants' and mothers' replications of vocal, verbal, and motoric acts were observed. (NH)

This paper discusses the learning process from a socioemotional point of view, emphasizing the role of conservation skills. (SB)

Two social factors and their interactive effects were examined as possible influences on children's detection and reporting of inconsistent statements. Factors were the stated intention and the age of the speaker. (PCB)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss some dimensions by which the verbal environment provided by mothers for their very young children can be characterized, and to provide some data regarding middle and lower socioeconomic class verbal environment. (CS)

Broadens the search for correlates of locus of control orientation by examining the observable behaviors of mothers and their seven- to eight-year-old children in a work task that elicited differential dependency responses. (RH)

In a study of 25 preschoolers, relations between peer acceptance and communication behaviors that contribute to cohesive discourse were examined. Results revealed that children's use of nondirected initiations and noncontingent responses may result from social acceptance. (GLR)

An ethnographic approach is used to determine how anger and aggression relate to the native childrearing theories held by child caregivers from an urban, working-class neighborhood. The three socialization contexts identified were the caregiver's life experiences, childrearing ideology, and childrearing practices. (JS)

Data of several experiments described strongly suggest that generalized imitation as studied under successive-discrimination procedures is largely a function of the particular priming procedures used to generate the imitative behavior. (JH)