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Precursors of Early Speech

Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, September 19–22, 1984

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Björn Lindblom

    1. Department of Linguistics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Rolf Zetterström

    1. Department of Pediatrics, St Göran’s Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Opening Remarks

      • Barbro Westerholm
      Pages 3-5

    3. Keynote Address: From Communication as Language to Language as Communication

      • Ragnhild Söderbergh
      Pages 7-18

  3. The Time Course of the Infant’s Vocal Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Metaphonology and Infant Vocalizations

      • D. Kimbrough Oiler
      Pages 21-35

    3. Early Stages in the Development of Speech Movements

      • Florien J. Koopmans-van Beinum, Jeannette M. van der Stelt
      Pages 37-50

    4. On the Phonetics of Infant Vocalization

      • Karin Holmgren, Björn Lindblom, Göran Aurelius, Birgitta Jailing, Rolf Zetterström
      Pages 51-63

  4. Prognostic Use of Early Vocalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Cry Analysis in Clinical Neonatal Diagnosis

      • Katarina Michelsson
      Pages 67-77

    3. Predicting Phonological Development

      • Paula Menyuk, Jacqueline Liebergott, Martin Schultz
      Pages 79-93

    4. Individual Differences in Babbling and Early Speech: Predicting to Age Three

      • Marilyn May Vihman
      Pages 95-109

  5. From Babbling to Spoken Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Acoustic Investigations of Cross-linguistic Variability in Babbling

      • B. de Boysson-Bardies, L. Sagart, P. Halle, C. Durand
      Pages 113-126

    3. Transitional Phenomena Revisited: Insights into the Nominal Insight

      • Steven Gillis, Georges De Schutter
      Pages 127-142

    4. The Linguistic Significance of Babbling

      • John L. Locke
      Pages 143-160

  6. Motor Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. The Onset of Babbling Related to Gross Motor Development

      • Jeannette M. van der Stelt, Florien J. Koopmans-van Beinum
      Pages 163-173

    3. The Early Development of the Manual System

      • Claes von Hofsten
      Pages 175-188

    4. Bimanual Coordination and the Beginnings of Speech

      • Peter F. MacNeilage
      Pages 189-201
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn Lindblom

  • Department of Pediatrics, St Göran’s Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Rolf Zetterström

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Precursors of Early Speech

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, September 19–22, 1984

  • Editors: Björn Lindblom, Rolf Zetterström

  • Series Title: Wenner-Gren Symposium

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08023-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Wenner-Gren Center 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08023-6Published: 18 June 1986

  • Series ISSN: 0083-7989

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-0528

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 314

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics

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