The Onset of Language outlines an approach to the development of
expressive and communicative behaviour from early infancy to the
onset of single word utterances. Nobuo Masataka's research is
rooted in ethology and dynamic action theory. He argues that
expressive and communicative actions are organized as a complex and
cooperative system with other elements of the infant's physiology,
behaviour and the social environments. Overall, humans are provided
with a finite set of specific behaviour patterns, each of which is
phylogenetically inherited as a primate species. However, the
patterns are uniquely organized during ontogeny and a coordinated
structure emerges which eventually leads us to acquire language.
This fascinating book offers exciting insights into the precursors
of speech and will be of interest to researchers and students of
psychology, linguistics and animal behaviour biology.
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