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  This paper presents results from experimental
  studies on early language acquisition in infants and
  attempts to interpret the experimental results within
  the framework of the Ecological Theory of
  Language Acquisition (ETLA) recently proposed
  by (Lacerda et al., 2004a). From this perspective,
  the infant’s first steps in the acquisition of the
  ambient language are seen as a consequence of the
  infant’s general capacity to represent sensory input
  and the infant’s interaction with other actors in its
  immediate ecological environment. On the basis of
  available experimental evidence, it will be argued
  that ETLA offers a productive alternative to
  traditional descriptive views of the language
  acquisition process by presenting an operative
  model of how early linguistic function may emerge
  through interaction.
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confdates: 'July 22-24, 2005'
conference: 'Fifth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems'
confloc: 'Nara, Japan'
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  - family: Lacerda
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  - family: Klintfors
    given: Eeva
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  - family: Gustavsson
    given: Lisa
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  - family: Marklund
    given: Ellen
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  - family: Sundberg
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date: 2005
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  - family: Kaplan
    given: Frédéric
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  - family: Kozima
    given: Hideki
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  - family: Yano
    given: Hiroyuki
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  - family: Konczak
    given: Jürgen
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  - family: Metta
    given: Giorgio
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  - family: Nadel
    given: Jacqueline
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  - family: Sandini
    given: Giulio
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  - family: Stojanov
    given: Georgi
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  - family: Balkenius
    given: Christian
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keywords: 'ecological theory of language acquisition, infant word learning, infant directed speech, cross-modal synchrony, gaze tracking'
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:29
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publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies
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rev_number: 12
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status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:05:29
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  - comp-sci-lang
  - dev-psy
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title: Emerging Linguistic Functions in Early Infancy
type: confpaper
userid: 3507
volume: 123
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