?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Emerging+Linguistic+Functions+in+Early+Infancy&rft.creator=Lacerda%2C+Francisco&rft.creator=Klintfors%2C+Eeva&rft.creator=Gustavsson%2C+Lisa&rft.creator=Marklund%2C+Ellen&rft.creator=Sundberg%2C+Ulla&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+presents+results+from+experimental%0Astudies+on+early+language+acquisition+in+infants+and%0Aattempts+to+interpret+the+experimental+results+within%0Athe+framework+of+the+Ecological+Theory+of%0ALanguage+Acquisition+(ETLA)+recently+proposed%0Aby+(Lacerda+et+al.%2C+2004a).+From+this+perspective%2C%0Athe+infant%E2%80%99s+first+steps+in+the+acquisition+of+the%0Aambient+language+are+seen+as+a+consequence+of+the%0Ainfant%E2%80%99s+general+capacity+to+represent+sensory+input%0Aand+the+infant%E2%80%99s+interaction+with+other+actors+in+its%0Aimmediate+ecological+environment.+On+the+basis+of%0Aavailable+experimental+evidence%2C+it+will+be+argued%0Athat+ETLA+offers+a+productive+alternative+to%0Atraditional+descriptive+views+of+the+language%0Aacquisition+process+by+presenting+an+operative%0Amodel+of+how+early+linguistic+function+may+emerge%0Athrough+interaction.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kaplan%2C+Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Yano%2C+Hiroyuki&rft.contributor=Konczak%2C+J%C3%BCrgen&rft.contributor=Metta%2C+Giorgio&rft.contributor=Nadel%2C+Jacqueline&rft.contributor=Sandini%2C+Giulio&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4965%2F1%2Flacerda.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lacerda%2C+Francisco+and+Klintfors%2C+Eeva+and+Gustavsson%2C+Lisa+and+Marklund%2C+Ellen+and+Sundberg%2C+Ulla++(2005)+Emerging+Linguistic+Functions+in+Early+Infancy.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4965%2F