Exploring the Interactional Instinct
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199927005
Subjects: Language acquisition; Social interaction; Communication, psychological aspects; Language and languages, origin; Psycholinguistics
Description: 'The Interactional Instinct', published in 2009, argued that the ubiquitous acquisition of language by all normal children was the result of a biologically based drive for infants and children to attach, bond, and affiliate with conspecifics in an attempt to become like them, leading children to seek out verbal interaction with caregivers and allowing them to become competent language speakers. 'Exploring the Interactional Instinct' expands the theory by examining interaction in second language acquisition, in different cultures, in different species, and in other areas of influence.