?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+to+Do+Things+Without+Words%3A+Infants%2C+utterance-activity+and+distributed+cognition&rft.creator=Spurrett%2C+Prof+David&rft.creator=Cowley%2C+Dr+Stephen&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.description=Clark+and+Chalmers+(1998)+defend+the+hypothesis+of+an+%E2%80%98Extended+Mind%E2%80%99%2C+maintaining+that+beliefs+and+other+paradigmatic+mental+states+can+be+implemented+outside+the+central+nervous+system+or+body.+Aspects+of+the+problem+of+%E2%80%98language+acquisition%E2%80%99+are+considered+in+the+light+of+the+extended+mind+hypothesis.+Rather+than+%E2%80%98language%E2%80%99+as+typically+understood%2C+the+object+of+study+is+something+called+%E2%80%98utterance-activity%E2%80%99%2C+a+term+of+art+intended+to+refer+to+the+full+range+of+kinetic+and+prosodic+features+of+the+on-line+behaviour+of+interacting+humans.+It+is+argued+that+utterance+activity+is+plausibly+regarded+as+jointly+controlled+by+the+embodied+activity+of+interacting+people%2C+and+that+it+contributes+to+the+control+of+their+behaviour.+By+means+of+specific+examples+it+is+suggested+that+this+complex+joint+control+facilitates+easier+learning+of+at+least+some+features+of+language.+This+in+turn+suggests+a+striking+form+of+the+extended+mind%2C+in+which+infants%E2%80%99+cognitive+powers+are+augmented+by+those+of+the+people+with+whom+they+interact.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3807%2F1%2Fspurrettcowley.pdf&rft.identifier=++Spurrett%2C+Prof+David+and+Cowley%2C+Dr+Stephen++(2004)+How+to+Do+Things+Without+Words%3A+Infants%2C+utterance-activity+and+distributed+cognition.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3807%2F