Communication: An Arena of Development (Paperback)

Acknowledgments List of Contributors Foreword Introduction: Communication, Meaning and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Part I. The Organization of Communication: Intersubjectivity and Alterity in Human Communication Emotion Within Situated Activity Language and Communication--What Develops? Determining the Role of Language Practices for a Theory of Development Part II. The Origins of Communication: Preverbal Communication: Emergence of Representative Symbols Infant into Conversant: Language and Nonlanguage Processes in Developing Early Communication Words Don't Tell All: Some Thoughts On Early Communication Development Verbal and Nonverbal Contributions to Early Representation: Evidence from African American Toddlers Part III. The Emergence of Self in Communication: Groundwork for a Holistic View of the Ontogenesis of Representation Language and the Construction of Self Adolescents' Public Discussion and Collective Identity Author Index Subject Index